3D Printing Adjustable Stiffness External Fixator for Mechanically Stimulated Healing of Tibial Fractures

Figure 8

Stiffness calculation results for the optimal dismantling sequence after dismantling of block structures that are in between 2% and 10%; (a) stiffness is reduced by 6.11% after dismantling of 1 block structure; (b) stiffness is reduced by 2.4% after dismantling of 1 block structure; (c) stiffness is reduced by 7.7% after dismantling of 1 block structure; (d) stiffness is reduced by 2.9% after dismantling of 1 block structure; (e) stiffness is reduced by 0.14% after dismantling of 1 block structure.

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