Manufacturing Technology 2021, 21(4):447-455 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2021.064

The design of a device for testing the tribological properties of knee endoprostheses

Lucie Dobrovolna ORCID...1, Matus Varhanik ORCID...1, Josef Sedlak ORCID...1, Ales Polzer ORCID...1, Zbynek Studeny ORCID...2
1 Department of Machining Technology, Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 2896/2, Brno 616 69, Czech Republic
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Military Technology, University of Defence in Brno, Kounicova 65, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic

The presented paper deals with the design of a knee simulator that uses pin-on-ball configuration, ie cartilage and CoCrMo head. The translational motion consists of the cartilage and the rotating head when the load of the articulating pair is derived. The simulator meets the predetermined kinematic conditions according to the ISO 14243-3 standard, including dynamic loading. The simulator is able to record the coefficient of friction during the test, which helps to understand the biotribological processes in the knee. The structural part of the simulator is preceded by a research part, in which the existing simulators and tribometers, which helped to create this design, are analyzed. In the experimental part, specific elements (drives, sensors, etc.) are selected that meet the defined boundary conditions, and the method of friction measurement is determined. The paper concludes with an overall evaluation of the proposed knee joint simulator, which will be able to achieve the conditions according to ISO 14243-3 and at the same time record the course of the coefficient of friction between the cartilage surface and the CoCrMo head.

Keywords: biotribological properties, knee simulator, knee kinematics, friction
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The research work was supported by the Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Specific research 2020, with the grant " Testing of tribological properties between heterogeneous materials used in medicine", FCH/FSI-J-20-6276.
The paper has been prepared thanks to the support of the project The Development of Technologies, Design of Firearms, Ammunition, Instrumentation, Engineering of Materials and Military Infrastructure "VÝZBROJ (DZRO K201)".

Received: February 20, 2021; Revised: May 30, 2021; Accepted: June 21, 2021; Prepublished online: July 4, 2021; Published: September 18, 2021  Show citation

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Dobrovolna L, Varhanik M, Sedlak J, Polzer A, Studeny Z. The design of a device for testing the tribological properties of knee endoprostheses. Manufacturing Technology. 2021;21(4):447-455. doi: 10.21062/mft.2021.064.
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