Enhancer element KU Leuven
Kathleen Denis, Wim Desmet, Quentin Goossens, Steven Leuridan, Michiel Mulier, Leonard Pastrav, Jos Vander Sloten
An enhancer element (1) for use in intraoperative assessment of coupling of an orthopaedic implant (5) to a bone is disclosed, wherein the implant and the bone form an implant-bone system having a first set of vibrational modes with a first mode density in a frequency range, wherein the enhancer element is mechanically couplable to the orthopaedic implant to form an enhancer-implant-bone system having a second set of vibrational modes with a second mode density in the frequency range, wherein the second mode density is greater than the first mode density. The enhancer element is mechanically ...