DESIGN PROCESS OF MODULAR, REVISION TOTAL HIP ENDOPROSTHESIS

Requirements that are placed to the modern medicine include, among other things, implementation the most sophisticated engineering methods in the process of medical treatment of patients. In orthopedics, as a part of medicine, that means development hip joint prosthesis, custom made with maximimal exploitation life time. Having this in mind, before mechanical engineering is opening a new area which includes implementation multidisciplinary engineering knowledge with the complex CAD/CEA program systems, Hip joint is one of the most important joint in locomotion system of humans body. Any pathological change in hip joint, disable normal functioning of hip joint. Application of implants hip joint prosthesis, enable damaged or ill part of the human body to be replaced in fully functional and esthetical form. In the paper is described implementation methodology of computer modeling, analysis and designing technology of the body lip joint prosthesis, by applying modern CAD/CAE program systems.