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The Harold K. Dunn Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, guided by the Department of Orthopaedics Resource Task Force, recently enacted new policies for equipment usage in the laboratory spaces.

These policies govern required training/permitting, protective measures, user restrictions, access controls, scheduling, costs, and compliance/accountability for major equipment (e.g., dynamic stereoradiography, laboratory radiography, biorobotics, and CNC/lathe machine tools). 

For more information

Access to ORL Equipment: Include email subject line “Inquiry about ORL equipment usage policies and access”

ORL FACILITY

Instron Hydraulic Test Machine

Instron Hydraulic Test Machine

  • 1331 load frame
  • Model 8800 controller
  • WaveMatrix software
  • 250N and 1kN series 2527 Dynacell load cells
  • 5kN and 10kN tension/compression load cells
MTS Hydrualic Test Machine

MTS Hydrualic Test Machine

  • Axial and torsion loading
  • Small form 2.5kN force, 25Nm Torque load cell
  • Large form 25kN force, 250Nm Torque load cell
Optotrak Motion Capture System Certus

Optotrak Motion Capture System - Certus

  • 25 Smart marker rigid bodies
  • 6 custom 4-diode rigid bodies
  • 4 diode digitizing probe
  • PCI & USB communication
  • Adjustable rolling support frame
  • 2 machines available 
Portable Radiography

Portable Radiography

  • MinXray system portable x-ray unit
  • Model MXRSLW, HF120/60HPPWV PowerPlus™
  • Military and clinical spec digital radiographs
  • Integrated PC and data storage
Clinical-grade Fluoroscopy CArm

Clinical-grade Fluoroscopy C-Arm

  • General Electric OEC series 9600 c-arm fluoroscope
Robotic workstation

Robotic Workstation

  • FANUC M-20iA 6-axis articulating robot
  • 1.8 m reach
  • 0.08 mm repeatability
  • 20 kg wrist payload
  • 22-44 Nm load moments
  • Example Applications: High-speed dynamic humeral motion simulation, overload protection testing for osseointegrated implants.
Robotic Workstation

Biomechanical Shoulder Simulator

  • Bimba stepper-driven linear actuators simulating the deltoid, supraspinatus, infraspinatus / teres minor, and subscapularis
  • Omega and Futek load cells on each line of action
  • Integrated Optotrak spatial motion tracking
  • Custom ex-fix elbow locking hardware
  • Static scapula fixation
  • Custom LabView control software
  • Teach & replay motion algorithms
Formlabs Form2 printer

Formlabs Form2 Printer

  • Resin based desktop 3D printer
  • SLA printer with UV cured materials
  • Over 20 different resins available with different mechanical properties
  • 145 × 145 × 175 mm build volume
Rapid prototyping 1

3D printer Stratasys F170

  • Stratasys F170
  • ABS thermoplastic print media
  • 8 x 8 x 12” build volume
ORL TOOL ROOM

Miscellaneous

Hardware

  • Digital video motion capture (DMAS with 2x Prosilica CCD cameras)Thermoelectric tissue cryoclamps8 channel strain gauge amplifier
  • National Instruments DAQ, motion control, etc.
  • Machining: lathe, mini-CNC, band saw, drill press
  • Clinical tools – sag saw, pin drivers, drills, surgical hand tools
  • General hand tools, electrical testing equipment, etc.

 

Software

  • AmiraEiger (Markforged)Finite element analysis (FEBio)
  • First Principles (Optrotrak)
  • LabView
  • Matlab
  • Mimics / 3 matic
  • Vicon Nexus
  • Visual 3D
  • WaveMatrix (Instron)
  • Landmark and anatomy digitizing probe

Landmark and anatomy digitizing probe

Landmark and anatomy digitizing probe

  • MicroScribe Model G2X Digitizing System
  • 50” reach
  • < 0.009” accuracy
  • Point-to-point or real time data acquisition

Machining Lab

Rapid prototyping 1

3D Printer Markforged Metal X

  • 3D printer
  • Markforged Metal-X
  • 317 Stainless steel print media
  • Opteon wash station
  • Sintering oven with shielding gas panel and tanks
Rapid prototyping 3

3D Printer Markforged Mark 2

  • Markforged Mark Two 3D printer (we have 2 of these so call that out somehow)
  • Onyx nylon + chipped carbon fiber print media
  • Continuous fiberglass, Kevlar or carbon fiber reinforcement
  • 12 x 5 x 6” build volume
Bench Grinder and Sander

Bench Grinder and Sander

Grinder: 

  • Sharpening cutting tools
  • Roughly  shape metal, wood, or bone

Sander:

  • Smooths & refines surfaces
  • Roughly  shape metal, wood, or bone
Grizzly Lathe

Grizzly Lathe

  • Grizzly model G4002/G4003
  • Creates an object of symmetry on an axis 
Grizzly Bandsaw

Grizzly Bandsaw

  • 14 " bandsaw
  • Cuts wood, metal, plastic, bone
  • Crosscutting materials to length for minor shaping only
Rikon Bandsaw

Rikon Bandsaw

  • 10" bandsaw
  • Cuts wood, metal, plastic, bone
  • Crosscutting materials to length for minor shaping only
Sintering Oven

Sintering Oven

  • Component of Markforged Metal X system
  • Turns raw prototypes into functional metal parts by heating away the remaining binders and fusing the metal particles within each model
Delta Drill Press

Delta Drill Press

  • Delta 14"
  • Bores holes into and through wood, metal, bone

Motion Analysis Core Facility (MOCAP) Equipment

VICON motion analysis systems

Motion Capture Cameras

  • Separate systems for capturing treadmill and overground gait/shoulder motion
  • 10-camera Vicon F-series
  • 10-camera Vicon Bonita B10 series
Two In Ground Force Plates

Ground Reaction Forces

  • Two OR6 series AMTI (Advanced Medical Technologies Inc., Watertown, MA) in-ground force plates with an individual 1000 lbs. capacity located in the center of the motion capture space.
  • Plates can be incorporated into a removable 3-step instrumented stairway (AMTI, Watertown, MA) that allows analysis of four independent steps
  • One in-ground force plate with extension stand to enable quantification of ground reaction forces during walking on a raised platform (for biplane studies to evaluate foot and ankle biomechanics)
Instrumented Treadmill

Instrumented Treadmill

  • Bertec side-by-side dual belt treadmill
  • Two 68” long x 16” wide running surfaces
  • Speed adjustment in the range 0 – 24 km/hr
  • Two 5,000N vertical and 2,500 N shear range force plates independently measure all 3 force and 3 moments
  • Removable safety rails on sides and front
  • Incline feature that allows 15 degrees (27%) of incline
  • Belts can operate in reverse and speed can be adjusted independently
Dynamic Stereoradiography Systems

Highspeed dynamic stereoradiography (biplane fluoroscopy)

  • Quantifies in-vivo joint kinematics
  • Capture treadmill, over-ground gait, and shoulder function during clinical exams
  • Spatially and temporally integrated with infrared motion cameras, force plates, and EMG systems
  • Acquisition rates up to 4 kHz with Phantom VEO digital cameras
EMG

EMG

  • Motion Lab Systems
  • Fine wire or surface
  • 16 Channels
  • Telemeterized recordings