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title

ANALYSIS OF NOVEL MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES: TRUSST¬TM: FEMOROPLASTY IMPLANT AND INJECTION SYSTEM OSR-M1B: NON-VALVED PARTICULATE-FILTERING ELASTOMERIC HALF MASK RESPIRATOR

author

Ondar, Kyle Lucas

abstract

As the average age of the population increases, so does the number of patients with aging-related health conditions. Osteoporotic hip fractures create a large economic burden on the healthcare industry and studies have shown that there is positive correlation between hip fractures and fatalities. Many of the current treatment methods for fracture repair are either ineffective or highly invasive, requiring costly surgeries. Femoroplasty is a new technique developed to prevent femur fractures. The procedure involves injecting a large volume of bone cement into the femoral head and neck, strengthening the native bone. However, this technique can lead to tissue necrosis and other complications. We have developed a novel minimally invasive surgical intervention based on femoroplasty. It uses a reduced amount of cement as a jacket around a set of titanium pins to increase the strength of the femur and decrease the rate of complications. This study aims to characterize the efficacy and material properties of the composite implant system. We assessed the injectability of the cement in the novel injection system and quantified the mechanical performance of several combinations of cement type and pin geometries to determine which combination will provide the greatest mechanical performance within the femur.

subject

Clinical Trial

COVID-19

Femoroplasty

Implant and Injection

Medical Device

N95

contributor

Brown, Philip J (committee chair)

Roller, Brandon (committee member)

Urban, Jillian (committee member)

Bischoff , Wener (committee member)

date

2021-09-01T08:35:31Z (accessioned)

2023-08-31T08:30:04Z (available)

2021 (issued)

degree

Biomedical Engineering (discipline)

embargo

2023-08-31 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/99070 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis