Mechanical Investigation for the Use of Polylactic Acid in Total Hip Arthroplasty Using FEM Analysis

Emre Celik, Furkan Alemdar, Murat Bati, Muhammed Furkan Dasdemir, Onur Alp Buyukbayraktar, K. N. Chethan, Mustafa Kara, Şenay Mihçin

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Abstract

Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable non-toxic, biocompatible polymer used as a popular filament material in biomedical applications with the advance of 3D printing technologies. PLA is considered a suitable implant material due to its contribution to bone regeneration. In this study, the use of PLA in Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) as a liner material was assessed. In this regard, the PLA liner with different material combinations in THA was examined to provide evidence for its potential. The hip implant prototypewas drawn using a computer-aided design tool then transferred into a commercial finite element analysis (FEA) software. The prototypesconsisted of assemblies of PLA with titanium, chrome cobalt, stainless steels, dense NiTi shape-alloys, and Alumina-Zirconia. Simulations were run under static loading conditions. To evaluate and compare the results for the optimum design; factor of safety, total deformation and von Mises stress analysis were used. The results show that Co-Cr implemented implants produce the highest factor of safety. When Al-Zi combined with PLA, it produced least deformation and reasonable von- Mises stress values. PLA might perform best when used with Al-Zi. As a next step, experimental pre-clinical tests are planned to assess the clinical potential.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBiomechanics in Medicine, Sport and Biology
EditorsAnna Hadamus, Szczepan Piszczatowski, Małgorzata Syczewska, Michalina Błażkiewicz
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages17-23
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783030862961
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
EventInternational Conference of the Polish Society of Biomechanics, BIOMECHANICS 2020 - Warsaw, Poland
Duration: 08-09-202110-09-2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume328 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (Electronic)2367-3389

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference of the Polish Society of Biomechanics, BIOMECHANICS 2020
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityWarsaw
Period08-09-2110-09-21

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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