1. Ann-Marie Mc Sweeney, Hanna O’Driscoll & Laura O’Mahony
Non-Weight Bearing Vibration Device For Femoral Fractures

2. BACKGROUND
Medical Devices in Orthopaedics
Post-Op Healing of Femoral
Fractures
Non-Existence
of Therapeutic
Vibration
Focus Topic
Problem
Biomedical
Engineering
Area

3. AIMS
To design a therapeutic vibration device suitable:
Clinical Setting

4. SOLUTIONS
• Electrical Muscle Stimulation (E-Stim):
• Available Vibration Platforms
• Customised Vibration Platform

5. Low-Magnitude High
Frequency Vibration
Muscular Function
Improvement
Bone Mass
Development
Therapy of choice
concerning
rehabilitation of
femoral fractures
Biomedical
Application:
Vibration Device

6. Vibratory straight
line drive
Screw driven linear
actuator
Cover Plate
Base plate
Castors
Design

7. Safety
Personal
Protective
Equipment

8. Problem Research Concept
Possible
Solutions
DesignSafetyComponentsBuild
Testing Evaluation
Plan

9. Project Prototype

10. Improvement & Future Work
Magnetic
Levitation
Vibration System
Adjustable Foot
Rest
Electronic Height
Control
Stability of Device
Parameter Control

11. Summary
• Concept
• Design
• Prototype