Conference Agenda

VALIDATION OF OSTEOPOROTIC SYNTHETIC FEMORA – A MORE REALISTIC ALTERNATIVE TO EPOXY BONES?

M. Hollensteiner, S. Sandriesser, P. Augat

BG Unfallklinik Murnau gGmbH and Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Murnau, Germany

AN EXHAUSTIVE TEST PROTOCOL FOR THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SURGICAL MESHES

V. Civilini^1,2, V. Giacalone^1,2, A. L. Audenino^1,2, M. Terzini^1,2

¹PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy; ²Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

WHAT DO SURGEONS HEAR AND FEEL WHEN BREACHING CORTICAL WALLS AND HOW DO BREACHES EFFECT SCREW PURCHASE?

T. Lange^1,2, M. P. Russo^1,2,3, J. J. Costi^1,2,3, K. J. Reynolds^1,2

¹College of Science and Engineering; Flinders University, Australia; ²Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI); ³Biomechanics and Implants Research Group

IMAGING AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION OF HUMAN BLOOD CLOT ANALOGUES WITH DIFFERENT COMPOSITIONS AND DEGREES OF CONTRACTION

R. Cahalane¹, J. Cruts¹, A. Rachid², K. van Gaalen¹, H. van Beusekom¹, M. de Maat¹, M. Dijkshoorn¹, N. Boodt¹, A. van der Lugt¹, F. Gijsen^1,3

¹Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands; ²Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands; ³Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

CHARACTERIZING PORO-VISCOELASTIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF BRAIN TISSUE-MIMICKING HYDROGELS

M. P. Kainz¹, A. Greiner², J. Hinrichsen², D. Kolb^3,4, E. Comellas⁵, P. Steinmann^2,6, S. Budday², M. Terzano¹, G. A. Holzapfel^1,7

¹Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria; ²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Applied Mechanics, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany; ³Core Facility Ultrastructure Analysis, Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Austria; ⁴Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Medical University of Graz, Austria; ⁵Serra Húnter Fellow, Department of Physics, Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain; ⁶Glasgow Computational Engineering Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; ⁷Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway