NIST measuring device aims to improve hip operation success.(MPMD)(Brief article)

Advanced Materials & Processes,  July, 2007  

Tags: computer, NIST

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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are developing state-of-the-art measuring techniques, similar to those for making aerospace components fit together precisely, that soon could improve success rates for hip replacement surgery. The NIST researchers are working to improve calibrations and operating room testing of the Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery (CAOS) tracking instruments.

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The researchers have built a lightweight device called a "phantom" that resembles the artificial socket, ball, and femur substitutes ...

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