... measurement of in vivo performance of the PFF fixation construct, it is unknown whether current standard mechanical tests or previous experimental and computational studies have appropriately reproduced the in vivo mechanics of the plate. To provide a basis for the evaluation and development of appropriate...

...Ondřej Lisický; Anna Hrubanová; Jiří Burša The paper aims at evaluation of mechanical tests of soft tissues and creation of their representative stress–strain responses and respective constitutive models. Interpretation of sets of experimental results depends highly on the approach to the data...

... the unexpected volume change of vein wall during loading as we utilized a novel method of mechanical testing that directly measures wall thickness. Since incompressibility of arteries is well known, we did not feel it was necessary to sacrifice additional dogs to prove the point. Hence, we utilized control swine...

... in normal vaginal wall mechanics has not been fully ascertained. Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the contribution of elastic fibers to murine vaginal wall mechanics. Vaginal tissue from C57BL/6 female mice was mechanically tested using biaxial extension–inflation protocols before...

... of the polymeric film. A uniaxial mechanical testing device (Electroforce T3200, Bose Corp., Minneapolis, MN) was utilized as a general support structure, a means for high accuracy and high volume data acquisition, and a constant-rate electric displacement actuator. Figure 1 shows a comprehensive assembly...

... of Canine Sclera ,” Exp. Eye Res. , 93 ( 6 ), pp. 825 – 832 . 10.1016/j.exer.2011.09.018 [152] Eilaghi , A. , Flanagan , J. G. , Tertinegg , I. , Simmons , C. A. , Brodland , G. W , and Ethier , C. R. , 2010 , “ Biaxial Mechanical Testing of Human Sclera ,” J. Biomech...

... of the trabecular compartment compared to the more physiologically relevant intact wrist scenario. These differences should be borne in mind when interpreting the physiologic importance of mechanical testing and simulation results. References 1 Vogt , M. T. Cauley , J. A. Tomaino , M. M...

... understanding of the phenomena seen on the macroscopic level. Unfortunately, mouse models present problems due to the size and delicate features in the mechanical testing of such tissues. In addition, some smaller arteries in large-animal studies (e.g., coronary and cerebral arteries) can present the same...

... gage measurements was used to investigate the stress and strain patterns in a novel composite hip implant made of carbon fiber reinforced polyamide 12 (CF/PA12). The hip implant was instrumented with strain gages and mechanically tested using average axial cyclic forces of 840 N, 1500 N, and 2100 N...

... consistent measurement of the unloaded dimensions and that there are no significant changes in the mechanical behavior of mouse carotid artery with storage up to 28 days. biomechanics blood vessels cardiovascular system cellular biophysics diseases mechanical testing molecular biophysics proteins...

.... FE models were validated using mechanical tests of implants incrementally bent from 0 deg to 90 deg in a joint simulator. Swanson size 2 and 4 implants were compared with NeuFlex size 10 and 30 implants, respectively. Good agreement was observed throughout the range of motion for the flexion bending...

...Kelly H. Schmidt; William R. Ledoux Ligament cross-sectional areas are difficult to determine because ligaments are soft tissues, can be very short, and may be deep between bones. However, accurate measurements are required for determining the material properties from mechanical testing. Many...

... bone specimens also seem to fail in a fairly small range of strains near a much lower 3.1%. 28 11 2005 28 05 2009 01 09 2009 29 07 2010 29 07 2010 biomechanics bone computerised tomography deformation mechanical testing neurophysiology orthopaedics strain...

... artery, suitable for mechanical testing and intravascular imaging. Mock arteries were constructed in three phases using two molds: building a first layer of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) cryogel, adding a lipid pool and building a second layer of PVA cryogel. To illustrate the deformation of the mock arteries...

... elasticity fatigue mechanical testing tensile strength ligament biomechanics medial collateral ligament collagen fibers tangent stiffness secant stiffness chord stiffness There is growing clinical ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ) and experimental ( 9 10 11 ) evidence that repetitive...

... of the anterior leaflet during diastole. 05 11 2008 03 06 2009 01 09 2009 26 10 2009 biomechanics biomedical imaging cardiology mechanical testing mitral valve edge-to-edge repair tissue mechanics A simple and promising mitral valve (MV) repair procedure, edge...

... investigated to determine a viable bioprinting process. The results indicated that the suitable fabrication parameters were 1.5% ( w / v ) sodium alginate and 0.5% ( w / v ) calcium chloride. Degradation studies via mechanical testing showed a decrease in the elastic modulus by 35% after 3 weeks. Cell...

... compliant fixation plates with integrated elastomeric segments, which allow transduction of ambulatory loads. Multiaxially and uniaxially compliant plates were characterized by mechanical testing and evaluated using in vivo pilot studies. In the first study, experimental limbs were implanted with multiaxial...

..., intact scapholunate specimens were mechanically tested in linear distraction and torsion. Fresh bovine tendon grafts were used to reconstruct the scapholunate interval and the tests repeated. Tests yielded the following average values for intact specimens: linear stiffness ( 48.9 N ∕ mm ) , linear load...

...-ray scattering measurements and optical microscopy. Small angle X-ray scattering measurements were made on healthy and diseased samples of equine articular cartilage and subchondral bone mounted in a mechanical testing apparatus on station ID18F of ESRF, Grenoble, together with fiber orientation...