Medical testing device having multiple testing parameters
The present invention is a device for testing the mechanical properties of a specimen. The device includes an actuator component slider for positioning the specimen within one of multiple test configuration positions, such that each test configuration position examines the static compression/tension properties, dynamic compression/tension properties, static torsional properties, or dynamic torsional properties of the specimen.
1. A device for testing the mechanical properties of a specimen, the device being comprised of:
a base;
at least one servo motor positioned within the base;
an actuator component slider moveable along an x-axis of an x-y plane along one or more guide rails attached to a topside of the base effective to enable one of a plurality of actuators to be positioned above the servo motor to provide one of two or more test configuration positions; and
an adjustable upper housing having a load cell and multiple supports connected to the topside of the base,
wherein the two or more test configuration positions allow two or more of static compression/tension testing, dynamic compression/tension testing, static torsional testing, or dynamic torsional testing.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator component slider is movable along the one or more guide rails effective to enable the one of a plurality of actuators to be positioned above the servo motor to provide one of three test configuration positions.
3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device does not use an air or hydraulic power supply.
4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device is further connected to one or more computers.
5. A method of testing mechanical properties of a specimen, the method comprising:
placing the specimen on an actuator component slider of a device, the device comprising:
a base;
at least one servo motor positioned within the base;
an actuator component slider moveable along an x-axis of an x-y plane along one or more guide rails attached to a topside of the base effective to enable one of a plurality of actuators to be positioned above the servo motor to provide one of two or more test configuration positions; and
an adjustable upper housing having a load cell and multiple supports connected to the topside of the base,
wherein the two or more test configuration positions allow two or more of static compression/tension testing, dynamic compression/tension testing, static torsional testing, or dynamic torsional testing;
positioning the test specimen substantially within one of the test configuration positions;
conducting a test and recording data; and
moving the test specimen to another one of the test configuration positions or removing it from the device.
6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the actuator component slider is movable along the one or more guide rails effective to enable the one of a plurality of actuators to be positioned above the servo motor to provide one of three test configuration positions.
7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the device does not use an air or hydraulic power supply.
8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the device is further connected to one or more computers, the computers configured to perform the conducting and recording.