Horizontal test stand for bone screw insertion

Abstract: Screws are a versatile method of fixation and are often used in orthopaedic surgery. Various specialised geometries are often used for bone screws to optimise their fixation strengths in limited spaces at the expense of manufacturing costs. Additionally, ongoing research is looking to develop systems/models to automatically optimise bone screw tightening torques. For both applications, it is desirable to have a test rig for inserting screws in a regulated, instrumented, and repeatable manner. This work presents such a test rig primarily used for the validation of optimal torque models; however, other applications like the above are easily foreseeable. Key features include controllable insertion velocity profiles, and a high rate measurement of screw torque, angular displacement, and linear displacement. The test rig is constructed from mostly inexpensive components, with the primary costs being the rotational torque sensor (approx. 2000 €), and the remainder being approximately 1000 €. This is in comparison to a biaxial universal testing machine which may exceed 100,000 €. Additionally, the firmware and interface software are designed to be easily extendable. The angular velocity profiling and linear measurement repeatability of the test rig is tested and the torque readings are compared to an off-the-shelf static torque sensor

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Hardware. - 2, 3 (2024) , 223-255, ISSN: 2813-6640

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Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2024
Urheber

DOI
10.3390/hardware2030011
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2578155
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 07:35 MESZ

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