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Archus Orthopedics: Accelerating Spinal Implant Development with IoT
技术
- 传感器 - 红外传感器
- 可穿戴设备 - 植入物
适用行业
- 生命科学
适用功能
- 产品研发
- 质量保证
用例
- 数字孪生
- 虚拟现实
服务
- 测试与认证
挑战
Archus Orthopedics 是一家生物医学公司，面临着预测脊柱在安装植入物时的非线性运动的挑战。这是他们的 Total Facet Arthroplasty System™ (TFAS®) 开发的一个关键方面，该系统是一种专利脊柱植入物，旨在治疗椎管狭窄。确定这种运动的传统方法是通过尸体测试，这个过程不仅耗时，而且对于新的运动恢复脊柱植入物设计的设计迭代来说效率低下。该公司需要一种更高效、更准确的方法来模拟自然脊柱的运动质量并预测植入物脊柱的非线性运动。
关于客户
Archus Orthopedics 是一家总部位于美国的私营生物医学公司，成立于 2001 年 7 月，致力于开发一系列重建植入物，以治疗由小关节退行性变化引起的各种脊柱疾病。他们的主要产品之一是 Total Facet Arthroplasty System™ (TFAS®)，这是一种新型的专利脊柱植入物，旨在治疗椎管狭窄。这种情况的特点是小关节退行性变化导致脊神经受压，并在腿部产生神经系统症状。 TFAS® 用假体关节植入物取代退化的小关节，旨在恢复脊柱的稳定性和正常运动，从而无需融合。
解决方案
Archus Orthopedics 求助于 ANSYS Mechanical 来应对这一挑战。 ANSYS Mechanical 用于模拟自然脊柱的运动质量，并准确预测配备植入物的脊柱的非线性运动。这是通过使用椎间盘组织的各向异性超弹性材料模型来实现的。为了进一步提高全脊柱模型的仿真效率，采用ANSYS AI*Environment创建脊柱的全六面体网格。这种创新方法通过提供对脊柱自然非线性运动质量的更准确模拟，使 Archus Orthopedics 能够加速新型脊柱植入物的开发。
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