Biomedical Applications of Vibration Assisted Machining

Bone cutting is an important procedure in surgical operations, covering bone drilling, grinding, sawing etc. Due to a quasi-brittle character and anisotropy of cortical bone, various scenarios of crack propagation and deep injury of tissues are caused, affecting the orthopaedic operation and postoperative recovery. Thus, investigation of the mechanism of bone cutting is crucial for improvement of the bone-tissue removal in surgery.