IMPLANT DESIGN

orthoSIM offers to registered engineers simulation services, that are specifically tailored to the implant design situation.

The interface has been designed to make the input process fast and easy. A technical assessment group has collaborated in optimizing its performance.

INPUT PARAMETERS FOR SIMULATION (e.g. lumbar model)

The simulation process is analogue to the surgery planning case, but there are some particularities:

• The characteristics of one particular person are no longer relevant for the implant design process. Patient prototypes (e.g. woman, middle-aged, slim) are introduced instead.
• More important is to specify the implant characteristics to a very detailed degree.
• For the technical design, the comparative simulation service is very useful, since it can iterate through various design scenarios.

With the exceptions explained above, the input process is similar to the clinical case.

OUTPUT RESULTS OF SIMULATION (e.g. lumbar model)

The system delivers biomechanical results in graphical format showing the implant-patient behaviour, as well as reference values for equivalent success and failure cases.

Having the results within the normal limits doesn’t mean that no mechanical complication will occur. Having the results significantly above the normal limits indicates probable mechanical failure.

In the figure beneath, you can see an example of a possible output report delivered by the simulation engine. All reports are customised to the patient's and implant's characteristics.