Repeated mechanical bending tests followed by CV cyclic measurements have shown good device stability.
While creating the loading protocol used in the current study, the affect of loading frequency (low frequency testing followed by high frequency testing, vs. high frequency testing followed by low frequency testing) was investigated and found not to influence the results of the mechanical testing.
Percentages of neurons responding to mechanical stimulation were compared using a Chi-square test followed by Fisher's exact test.
Following mechanical testing, it became apparent that this provided enough strength to significantly increase the pullout force of the low elastic modulus screws by 19.3% [ 12].
Following mechanical testing, bone samples from the fracture site were lyophilized, ground in a Spex freezer mill (Metuchen, NJ) at liquid nitrogen temperature, and three sets of aliquots set aside for mineral analyses.
Moreover, general design and fabrication considerations related to composite product performance are explored, followed by mechanical testing of filament-wound structures for quality control (QC).
Following fabrication, dissolution, mechanical testing, and determination of drug recovery from the MN arrays, in vitro drug delivery studies were undertaken, followed by HPLC analysis.
Data from mechanical testing were analysed using one-way ANOVA, followed by Tukey's multiple comparison test or t test as appropriate.
The right tibias were then dissected, cleaned of soft tissues, and analyzed by micro-CT (a nondestructive analysis), followed by destructive whole-bone mechanical testing.
Finally, a process of the mechanical testing procedure for the whole system is presented which follows the classical building-block approach used for the validation of aeronautical structures.
