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The pre-clinical testing of cardiovascular implants gains increasing attention due to the complexity of novel implants and new medical device regulations. It often relies on large animal experiments that are afflicted with ethical and methodical challenges. Thus, a method for simulating physiological heart motions is desired but lacking so...
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... to the Simulink model, the Stewart platform moves for all tested heart motions within the knee joint limits between 63 and 140 degrees for bending and stretching the legs, respectively (cf. Table 1). The displacements required to simulate these motions are well within the physical limits of the Stewart platform's workspace radius of 29 mm and the limit of 19 degrees of maximal deflection angle. ...