Designs of medical devices are tested for their mechanical behaviour, and ability to transfer the load that is normally bore by the healthy tissue. The virtual testing in [...]

Finite Element Analysis (FEA), the widely accepted virtual testing process, involves creation of a virtual geometry model that is converted into a Finite Element Model (F [...]

Median sternotomy is a surgical procedure allowing direct access to the hearth via sternum dissection. The post-operative complications – infection and dehiscence – a [...]

Spinal segments, with the complexity of spinal activities, call for a better understanding of 3Dbiomechanical behaviour to improve the design of spinal implants. The biom [...]

Following previous studies employing X-ray physics and continuum micromechanics in order to retrieve voxel-specific elastic properties from Computed Tomographs (CT) (Hell [...]

Dehiscence of median sternotomy wounds due to excessive forces caused by high pressure within the chest during coughing can lead to breaking closures sternotomy. This rem [...]