Instrumented knee joint implants: innovations and promising concepts

JND Torrão, MPS Dos Santos… - Expert review of medical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article focuses on in vivo implementations of instrumented knee implants and recent
prototypes with highly innovative potential. An in-depth analysis of the evolution of these …

Instrumented hip joint replacements, femoral replacements and femoral fracture stabilizers

MP Soares dos Santos, JAF Ferreira… - Expert review of …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews instrumented hip joint replacements, instrumented femoral replacements
and instrumented femoral fracture stabilizers. Examination of the evolution of such implants …

Power management architecture for smart hip prostheses comprising multiple energy harvesting systems

NM Silva, PM Santos, JAF Ferreira… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2013 - Elsevier
Energy harvesting solutions such as instrumented orthopaedic implants are under
development to power a wide variety of electronic systems including biomedical implants …

Performance of a Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting System for an Energy-Autonomous Instrumented Total Hip Replacement: Experimental and Numerical Evaluation

HE Lange, N Arbeiter, R Bader, D Kluess - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Instrumented implants can improve the clinical outcome of total hip replacements (THRs). To
overcome the drawbacks of external energy supply and batteries, energy harvesting is a …

Design Study on Customised Piezoelectric Elements for Energy Harvesting in Total Hip Replacements

HE Lange, R Bader, D Kluess - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Energy harvesting is a promising approach to power novel instrumented implants that have
passive sensory functions or actuators for therapeutic measures. We recently proposed a …