Design Method for the Individual Anatomical Hip Joint Endoprosthesis
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Abstract:
A new design method for the individual hip joint endoprostheses is proposed. By picking up the contour lines from the femur's CT images and making them closed and smoothed, a solid model of the femur is reconstructed using the contour lines by CAD software. An individual anatomical hip joint endoprosthesis is designed with the inner contour curves of the medulla cavity in CAD software. Utilizing the APDL(ANSYS Parametric Design Language) and the CT value per pixel in the CT image for developing a program through which every element of the bone can get its own material property. The finite element model's anisotropy and inhomogeneity of bone material are realized, then the endoprosthesis and the femur-stem contact finite element model can be built in ANSYS. Based on this, calculation on the contact model can be processed. It is feasible to checkout the rationality of the design by comparing the stress distribution in the femur with the situation before replacement. And the results reveal that the method is more reasonable and reliable.
