Conductive polymer sensor arrays for smart orthopaedic implants

Carolina Micolini; F. Benjamin Holness; James A. Johnson; Aaron D. Price

doi:10.1117/12.2260404

17 April 2017 Conductive polymer sensor arrays for smart orthopaedic implants

Carolina Micolini, F. Benjamin Holness, James A. Johnson, Aaron D. Price

Proceedings Volume 10167, Nanosensors, Biosensors, Info-Tech Sensors and 3D Systems 2017; 101670D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2260404
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2017, Portland, Oregon, United States

Abstract

This study proposes and demonstrates the design, implementation, and characterization of a 3D-printed smartpolymer sensor array using conductive polyaniline (PANI) structures embedded in a polymeric substrate. The piezoresistive characteristics of PANI were studied to evaluate the efficacy of the manufacturing of an embedded pressure sensor. PANI’s stability throughout loading and unloading cycles together with the response to incremental loading cycles was investigated. It is demonstrated that this specially developed multi-material additive manufacturing process for polyaniline is a good candidate for the manufacture of implant components with smart-polymer sensors embedded for the analysis of joint loads in orthopaedic implants.

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Carolina Micolini, F. Benjamin Holness, James A. Johnson, and Aaron D. Price "Conductive polymer sensor arrays for smart orthopaedic implants", Proc. SPIE 10167, Nanosensors, Biosensors, Info-Tech Sensors and 3D Systems 2017, 101670D (17 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2260404

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