Arthroscopic Suture Anchor Design Finite Element Study

Mai Ayoub; Mohamed EL-Anwar; Mazen I. Negm

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2021.6409

Authors

Mai Ayoub Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9360-9290
Mohamed EL-Anwar Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt
Mazen I. Negm Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2021.6409

Keywords:

Finite element analysis, Design, Arthroscopic anchors, Suture eyelet

Abstract

AIM: This in-vitro study investigated arthroscopic suture anchors’ main design parameters effect on surrounding bone.

METHODS: Thirty-dimensional arthroscopic suture anchor designs’ models were created on engineering CAD software by changing thread profile, pitch, and anchor tip profile as design parameters. These models were imported into ANSYS Workbench for finite element analysis. Bone was simplified and modeled as two coaxial cylinders. Tensile vertical load of 300 N, and oblique at 45º to the vertical axis, were applied to each model as two loading conditions while the simplified bone base was fixed in place as a boundary condition.

RESULTS: The finite element analyses on all models under both loading conditions showed stresses within physiological limits on bone. Trapezoidal teeth and inclined cut teeth designs showed the lowest values of stresses and deformations respectively on the bone under oblique loads, while curved tooth and square tooth designs showed the lowest values of stresses and deformations respectively on the bone under vertical loads. General ascending or descending trend was recorded by increasing pitch from 1.2 to 1.5 to 1.8 mm on the total deformation and maximum Von Mises stress on bone and anchor body. Tapered tip slightly increased bone and anchor stresses.

CONCLUSION: Arthroscopic anchors thread profile has minor affect on cortical bone behavior. Trapezoidal teeth, square tooth, and inclined cut teeth profiles showed the lowest values of stresses and deformations on cortical bone. Increasing thread pitch of arthroscopic suture anchors increases or decreases stress on the bone, and anchor body according to thread profile edges. Anchor tip profile negligibly affects both deformations and stresses on bone and anchor body.

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