Joint simulator testing machine
AssigneeSpineCore, Inc.
InventorsRafail Zubok, Joseph P. Errico, Michael W. Dudasik
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Abstract
A testing apparatus for a joint includes a support structure for engaging a first part a joint, an adapter for engaging a second part of the joint, a load assembly coupled with the adapter for applying a load onto the adapter and a drive assembly coupled with the adapter. Operation of the drive assembly causes angulation and rotation of the adapter relative to the support structure, which in turn causes angulation and rotation of the first and second parts of the joint relative to one another.
Claims20
A method of testing an articulating implant comprising:
- mounting a first part of the implant on a support structure;
- mounting a second part of the implant on an adapter;
- and
- moving the adapter to produce articulation between the first part and the second part,
- wherein the movement of the adapter imparts positionally and angularly non-equivalent articulation to the second part as compared to the movement of the adaptor.
A method of testing an articulating implant comprising:
- mounting a first part of the implant on a support structure;
- mounting a second part of the implant on an adapter;
- moving the adapter to produce articulation between the first part and the second part;
- and
- wherein the movement of the adapter imparts positionally and angularly equivalent articulation to the second part as compared to the movement of the adaptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.