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Biomechanical Study of Cranial Implants
Chamrad, Jakub ; Henyš,, Petr (oponent) ; Fuis, Vladimír (oponent) ; Florian, Zdeněk (vedoucí práce)
This thesis, entitled Biomechanical study of cranial implants, mainly deals with computational modeling of both undamaged skull and skull with damage and cranial implant. The problem concerning the evaluation of stress-strain states in biomechanics is solved by computational simulation using the finite element method. For the valid analyses and results interpretation, the suitable level of computational models has to be chosen. The selection of computational model level is essential problem, to which a significant part of this work is devoted. It was proven that the chosen level has an effect on the values of the investigated biomechanically significant parameters. Another factor that affects the overall performance of the cranial implant and its functionality is the dimensional accuracy of the manufactured bone replacement. It was observed that even a small dimensional deviation can cause a change in the stress-strain states of the skull-implant system and thus cause a risky situation from the failure of the implant or its fixation perspective. Above all, the method of fixation of the implant tends to be a problem and reduces the reliability of the implant. It is therefore advisable to focus on that area and propose possible ways of improving current procedures or propose new means of fixation. One of the improvements of the method of fixation can be using hydroxyapatite coating at bone-implant contact interface. This should lead to osseointgration, which is a favorable effect that was computationally modeled and assessed in this thesis.
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