Open AccessOrthopedic hexapods: history, present and prospects
Author(s) -
Viktor Aleksandrovich Vilensky,
A.P. Pozdeev,
Эдгар Валентинович Бухарев,
Andrey A. Pozdeev,
Тимур Фаизович Зубаиров,
Леонид Николаевич Соломин
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
ortopediâ, travmatologiâ i vosstanovitelʹnaâ hirurgiâ detskogo vozrasta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.157
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2410-8731
pISSN - 2309-3994
DOI - 10.17816/ptors3161-69
Subject(s) - hexapod , computer science , frame (networking) , software , fixation (population genetics) , orthopedic surgery , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , artificial intelligence , medicine , physics , surgery , operating system , telecommunications , robot , population , environmental health , quantum mechanics
The article is dedicated to computer-assisted external fixation devices, so-called hexapods. The main advantage of these frames is capability to make mathematically precise correction of bone fragments in three planes and six degrees of freedom on the base of calculations made in special software application. Recently these devices are mostly applied in long bone deformity correction but the sphere of its effective useis not limited by only this direction. The article presents the history of investigation of these devices, their development, implemented comparative analysis of the basic hexapods: TSF (Taylor Spatial Frame), IHA (Ilizarov Hexapod Apparatus) and Ortho-SUV Frame.