Douglas Pacaccio, +Christopher M. Yakacki, Ken Gall Private Practice, Yorkville,IL, MedShape Solutions Inc, Atlanta, GA, The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA [email protected] Introduction Tibio-talo-calcaneal (TTC) arthrodesis is a salvage procedure for patients with severe malfunction of the ankle and subtalar joints. Serious ankle disease stems from post-traumatic arthritis...

Additive manufacturing, also referred to as 3D printing, has the potential revolutionise construction industry, offering opportunities for enhanced design freedom and reduced material use. There is currently, however, very limited data concerning performance of additively manufactured metallic structural elements. To address this, an experimental numerical investigation into cross-sectional beh...

The distributed hypothesis-testing problem with full side-information is studied. The trade-off (reliability function) between the type 1 and type 2 error exponents under limited rate is studied in the following way. First, the problem of determining the reliability function of distributed hypothesis-testing is reduced to the problem of determining the reliability function of channel-detection ...

PURPOSE Biomechanical comparison of straight DCP and helical plates for fixation of transversal and oblique tibial bone fractures were analyzed and compared to each other by axial compression, bending and torsion tests. METHOD An in vitro osteosynthesis of transverse (TF) and oblique bone fracture (OF) fixations have been analysed on fresh sheep tibias by using the DCP and helical compression...