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17518405

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
To obtain a long lifespan of knee prosthesis, it is necessary to restore the alignment of the lower limb. In some cases of severe arthrosis, the ligament envelope of the joint may be deformed, inducing an asymmetric laxity once the lower limb is realigned. Because there is not yet unanimity regarding how to optimally measure or implement soft tissue balance, we provide a means to acquire a variety of measurements. In traditional surgery, the surgeon sometimes uses a "tensor", which acts like a forceps. This system was redesigned, instrumented, actuated, and integrated into a navigation system for orthopaedic surgery. Improving the perception of the surgeon, it helps him to address the ligament balancing problem. Our first prototype has been tested on sawbones before being validated in an experiment on two cadavers. In our first attempt, the surgeon was able to assess soft tissue balance but judged the device not powerful enough, which led us to develop a new more powerful hydraulic system. In this paper, we present our approach and the first results of the new hydraulic tensor which is currently in an integration process.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1478-596X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
51-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Automated hydraulic tensor for Total Knee Arthroplasty.
pubmed:affiliation
TIMC Laboratory, GMCAO TEAM, Grenoble, France. christophe.marmignon@imag.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't