Identifying Worst Case Device Sizes
For medical devices, rarely does "one size fit all". The human body is extremely variable and patient populations, especially those with disease present a [...]
Contact Interaction for Medical Implants
There are many circumstances when it is necessary to model contact and contact interactions when analyzing medical implants. Such circumstances arise when devices interact [...]
Evaluating Design Instabilities with FEA
Finite Element Analysis is routinely used to evaluate the performance and durability of medical devices. When using an implicit method such as ABAQUS/Standard, FEA [...]
Finite Element Optimization of Medical Implants
Finite Element Analysis is an excellent engineering tool for optimizing medical implants. It provides a fast and reliable method for evaluating both the performance [...]
The Selection of Nitinol Material Models for FEA Simulations
Nitinol is a unique metallic alloy that is ideally suited to use in medical devices. It has excellent biocompatibility and most of all it [...]
Medical Implant Material Fatigue Research
With the growing use of Nitinol in medical implants, there is a need for improved characterization of the material behavior of Nitinol and methodologies [...]