Mendaza-DeCal Rosa, Ballesteros Yolanda, Peso-Fernandez Salvador, Del Real-Romero Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Quiros Jesus
Animal Medicine and Surgery Department, Veterinary Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Abax Innovation Technologies, 28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Nov 3;12(21):3021. doi: 10.3390/ani12213021.
Exo-endoprosthesis is a limb salvage procedure poorly described for animals, as only expensive metal devices have been used so far. Currently, additive manufacturing (AM) can make this type of implant affordable by exploring a wide new range of materials. However, safety factors should be considered and could be related to kinetic and kinematic studies of canine natural gaits. The suitability of a novel inner part of an exo-endoprosthesis manufactured by fuse deposition modeling (FDM) was assessed for long canine bones with an elliptical medullary canal. Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) was the material used as an alternative to metal for veterinary traumatology. Poisson's ratio of 3D-printed PEEK material and ex vivo mechanical tests of the customized endoprosthesis were performed for the evaluation. The customized endoprostheses had promising outcomes for the radii of 20 kg dogs. Quasistatic mechanical tests of bone-inserted endoprostheses-pure compression tests-reached a maximum force of 1045.0 ± 78.0 N. In fatigue tests, the samples reached 500,000 cycles without failure or detriment to their quasistatic results. These outcomes surpass the natural weight-bearing of dogs, even during a galloping pace. Furthermore, torque tests with different adhesives were performed to obtain reference data for future assessments comparing with natural dog movements.
外骨骼内置假体是一种在动物身上描述较少的保肢手术,因为到目前为止仅使用了昂贵的金属装置。目前,增材制造(AM)通过探索广泛的新型材料,可以使这种类型的植入物价格变得可承受。然而,应考虑安全因素,这些因素可能与犬类自然步态的动力学和运动学研究有关。评估了通过熔融沉积建模(FDM)制造的新型外骨骼内置假体内部部件对具有椭圆形髓腔的犬类长骨的适用性。聚醚醚酮(PEEK)被用作兽医创伤学中金属的替代材料。为了进行评估,对3D打印的PEEK材料进行了泊松比测试,并对定制的内置假体进行了体外力学测试。定制的内置假体在20kg犬的桡骨上取得了有前景的结果。骨植入内置假体的准静态力学测试——纯压缩测试——达到了1045.0±78.0N的最大力。在疲劳测试中,样品达到了500,000次循环,没有出现失效或损害其准静态结果的情况。这些结果甚至超过了犬类在飞奔时的自然承重。此外,还进行了使用不同粘合剂的扭矩测试,以获得与犬类自然运动进行比较的未来评估的参考数据。