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Annika Schulz, Virgilia Klär, Tanja Grobecker-Karl and Matthias Karl
Modern implant designs should allow for adequate primary stability but limit mechanical stress on buccal bone in order to prevent initial marginal bone loss. A dental implant characterized by a shift in core diameter and thread geometry was evaluated. Po...
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Suraj Chakravarthi Raja, Won Suk You, Kian Jalaleddini, Justin C. Casebier, Nina R. Lightdale-Miric, Vincent R. Hentz, Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas and Ravi Balasubramanian
Tendon transfer surgery is often used to restore hand grasp function following high median-ulnar nerve palsy. This surgery typically reroutes and sutures the tendon of the extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL) muscle to all four flexor digitorum profundu...
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Ferdinand Lauren F. Carpena and Lemmuel L. Tayo
Knee osteoarthritis is a musculoskeletal defect specific to the soft tissues in the knee joint and is a degenerative disease that affects millions of people. Although drug intake can slow down progression, total knee arthroplasty has been the gold standa...
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Noora Almarri, Peter Langlois, Dai Jiang and Andreas Demosthenous
A power management unit (PMU) is an essential block for diversified multi-functional low-power Internet of Things (IoT) and biomedical electronics. This paper includes a theoretical analysis of a high current, single-stage ac-dc, reconfigurable, dual out...
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Richard Drevet, Joël Fauré and Hicham Benhayoune
This review deals with the design of bioactive calcium phosphate coatings deposited on metallic substrates to produce bone implants. The bioceramic coating properties are used to create a strong bonding between the bone implants and the surrounding bone ...
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Sven Kliesch, Josef Chalupper, Thomas Lenarz and Andreas Büchner
Smartphones are increasingly being used to enable patients to play an active role in managing their own health through applications, also called apps. The latest generation of sound processors for cochlear implants offer Bluetooth connectivity that makes...
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Hye Kyeong Lee, Sung Min Kim and Hong Seok Lim
Loss of lumbar lordosis in flatback patients leads to changes in the walking mechanism like knee flexion. Such variations in flatback patients are predicted to alter the characteristics of total knee replacement (TKR) contact, so their TKR will show diff...
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Roberto Lo Giudice, Alessandro Sindoni, João Paulo Mendes Tribst, Amanda Maria de Oliveira Dal Piva, Giuseppe Lo Giudice, Ugo Bellezza, Giorgio Lo Giudice and Fausto Famà
Background: The High Performance Polymer is a based polymer biomaterial that was introduced as dental material to manufacture dentures superstructure and dental implants abutments. However, its surface characteristics and stress state still need to be pr...
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Gilda Durastanti, Claudio Belvedere, Miriana Ruggeri, Davide Maria Donati, Benedetta Spazzoli and Alberto Leardini
In orthopaedic oncology, limb salvage procedures are becoming more frequent thanks to recent major improvements in medical imaging, biomechanical modelling and additive manufacturing. For the pelvis, surgical reconstruction with metal implants after tumo...
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Ming-Kai Hsieh, Wen-Jer Chen, Mel S. Lee, Sheng-Yu Lin, Mu-Yi Liu, De-Mei Lee and Ching-Lung Tai
Unacceptable sagittal alignment and cement leakage are major concerns of percutaneous vertebroplasty when treating patients with painful vertebral osteoporotic compression fractures. To maintain the restored vertebral height and reduce the reliance on ce...
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