{"id":13006,"date":"2021-06-17T07:42:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T07:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/?page_id=13006"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:46:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:46:31","slug":"about-us-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/?page_id=13006","title":{"rendered":"_bio_About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13006\" class=\"elementor elementor-13006\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7403f74 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"7403f74\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afaa716\" data-id=\"afaa716\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7dc83cb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"7dc83cb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7dd9504\" data-id=\"7dd9504\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c9c7de elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_section_title\" data-id=\"5c9c7de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-section-title qodef-alignment--left  qodef-appear-animation--no \">\n\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-tagline\" >Project reference: 2023.15616.PEX (on going); EXPL\/ART-DAQ\/1347\/2021 (finished)<\/span>\n\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\" style=\"margin-top: 15px\">\n\t\t\t\t\tDesign of filigree bone fracture fixation of plates (on going) <\/br>Study of filigree patterns for biomedical jewellery applications (finished)\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<p class=\"qodef-m-title-text\" >Keywords:\nFiligree, Medicine, Jewellery, Biomedical device, Product design, Bone fracture fixation<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-button\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d013ae elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"2d013ae\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a36884c\" data-id=\"a36884c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1cdce6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b1cdce6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.6 - 28-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Project&#8217;s Acronym <br \/><\/strong>FIOS<\/h5><h5><strong>FCT Funding<br \/><\/strong>Design of filigree bone fracture fixation of plates <br \/>(49 989,70\u20ac)<br \/>Study of filigree patterns for biomedical jewellery applications <br \/>(48 071,00\u20ac)<\/h5><h5><strong>Project Duration (on going)<br \/><\/strong>12 months<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b6f68c\" data-id=\"6b6f68c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab1148a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab1148a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Team\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>Olga Noronha<br \/>Rafael Coelho<br \/>Jos\u00e9 Sim\u00f5es<br \/>Ant\u00f3nio Ramos<br \/>Margarida Azevedo<br \/>Jos\u00e9 Carlos Noronha<br \/>Orlando Branco Sim\u00f5es<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d533ada\" data-id=\"d533ada\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115bdf8 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_single_image\" data-id=\"115bdf8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_single_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-single-image qodef-single-image-184 qodef-layout--default  qodef-appear-animation--no qodef-zoom-scroll-animation--no\" data-appearing-delay=\"0\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Creditos-Olga-Noronha-copy-scaled-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" data-ratio=\"1\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1de2ed4 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"1de2ed4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ab96388\" data-id=\"ab96388\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6b8ec3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_info_section\" data-id=\"e6b8ec3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_info_section.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-info-section qodef-info-section-291 qodef-layout--default  qodef-title-break--disabled qodef-appear-animation--no qodef-zoom-scroll-animation--no\" >\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-info qodef-info-top-align\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-tagline\" >\n\t\tAbstract\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"qodef-m-text\" >Published research has come about through considering sites on and in the body at different archaeological layers (from outer to inner physical space) viz. orthotics, subdermal, exodermal, exo-corporeal and intracorporeal jewellery. These layers present a series of medical jewels that recognise science, jewellery and technology as accomplices to the repair and enhancement of the self while adding value to the mended body. Rather than only a medium for expression, the repaired or fixed body becomes a locus for experience, symbolism and aestheticisation \u2013 the jewel is understood as to both aestheticise the body (it becomes you) and become integrated and integral to the body. Olga Noronha (PI of the project) in her practice-based thesis, \u201cbecoming the body\u201d, indexes an aesthetic enhancement of the body; naturalisation in the body - as a body replacement or part of it; completion or repair of the body and a prosthetic enhancement. By moving jewellery to surgical repair, the research and its practices test the boundary\/edge of what jewellery is and is not, what it may mobilise, and how it may perform. The discursive-ness of the practice is defined by understanding how the different designs perform in different situations, provoking and rising questions that are both specific to and cross contrasting scenarios. Therefore, by intending to minimise or deflect the negative and mutilating effect inherent to medical repair, medical jewellery seeks to comprehend how these speculative and propositional designs of aestheticised scientific technology and medical knowledge are emotionally and physically experienced, and what knowledge they gather and convey.\nAs a hipper-valorisation of the circumstance, and beseeching self-pleasure by re-designing the body, emerges the potential of bejewelling medical and surgical components, turning these into pieces of exquisite jewellery that one does not wear for a public scenario but rather for what it means for the self, a hidden treasure, defying the conventional aim of adornment. Regarding biotechnological and biomedicine advances that allow the praxis of an object penetrating and perforating skin and subcutaneous cellular tissue and the possibility of inserting others in a deeper level within the body, by means of re-shaping one\u2019s physicality, a concept of subdermal - bone fixation plates was proposed in Olga Noronha\u2019s doctoral thesis.\nSet within orthopaedics, the primary objective of internal fixation (osteosynthesis) is to achieve immediately the total functionality of the injured limb with rapid rehabilitation of the patient. The procedure consists on the surgical implementation of metal plates, rods and\/or screws for repairing a bone, which cannot permanently replace a broken bone, but must provide the necessary temporary support. Currently, elected materials are metals or metal alloys, including stainless steel and titanium, since these have high strength, good ductility and necessary biocompatibility. Stiffer fixation plates may be desirable in certain clinical situations; in others, a less rigid plate can be the best clinical solution. The biomechanical issues are related to the resistance-stiffness compromise for improved bone healing and fixation.\nRelating to osteosynthesis plates, studies reveal that it is apparently desirable that the bone plate transfers the load to the bone structures which are to be connected, allowing some degree of micro-mobility to stimulate the formation of the bone callus. It is of widespread opinion, that a less rigid plate might be functionally more appropriate, and that stiffness plays a key role throughout the bone fracture consolidation mechanism, allowing physiological micromobility for the formation of repair tissue.\nThe project hereby proposed is to design, develop and test, on a scientific basis, osteosynthesis fixation bone plates using traditional jewellery manufacturing technique of filigree well established in the North of Portugal. The objective is to push forward the biojewellery concept to explore subdermal concept - bone fixation plates. Therefore, silver filigree bone plates will be designed (geometries) and tested as bone healing fixation elements. Different design geometry patterns will be experimentally tested and those presenting suitable stiffness\/strength for adequate and physiological mechanobiology mechanisms will be selected to manufacture bone plate samples. Results of mechanical testing will answer the research question: On patient desire, can silver filigree osteosynthesis bone fixation plates (a biojewellery) be medically prescribed?\nWith reference to studies carried out by Olga Noronha, focused on social and psychological aspects related to body modification practices and medical-surgical intervention, analysing biomedical research on the treatment of physical injuries, biocompatibility, and design of prostheses and elements for medical implantation, she presented and developed the concept of \"Medically Prescribed Jewellery\" - as an alternative form of jewellery through the adaptation of the perception of medical treatment. In this context, as well as the aim of revitalization and study of the application of filigree in the development of biomedical devices, there is a need to build research groups with researchers with different competencies in different areas of knowledge, particularly in art, design, and biomechanics.\nThus, a first part (I) of a more comprehensive project with scientifically more ambitious objectives related to the study of the application of filigree in implantable medical devices considering their multifactorial dimensions that include scientific areas such as art, design, materials and technologies, psychology, and sociology, was financed by the Foundation for Science and Technology - PTDC\/EXPL\/ART-DAQ\/1347\/2021 (https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/).\nIn this project, significant advances were made regarding the proof of concept and confirmation of the functionality of fracture fixation plates. The results of this project unequivocally respond to the research question stated in the project application: can filigree osteosynthesis bone fixation plates be clinically prescribed? In fact, it is possible, depending on the fractured bone region, to use filigree plates, but their aesthetic composition\ninfluences how the fracture is fixed and the consolidation mechanisms. With the aim of advancing the concept of medical jewellery, different filigree bone fixation plates were designed and explored. Once the bone fracture is healed, the fixation plate can be removed and transformed into wearable jewellery, such as a bracelet, ring, pendant, depending on its original size. However, in this project, it was not possible to analyse the effect that the\ndesign of the plates, specifically the geometries of the motifs (\u201cSS\u201d, spirals, scrolls, curls, scales, snails, and cornucopia) and \u201cskeletons\u201d, condition and influence the stiffness and resistance properties. Through drawings, models, and finite element analyses, it was found that these geometries had a significant effect on biomechanical performance. Having said so, it is essential to correlate the geometries of the motifs with the stiffness and mechanical resistance characteristics of the plates. These results will allow bounding the design freedom regarding the aesthetic composition of the plates. Thus, the research question concerns how the aesthetic configurations, in a material-motif-skeleton interconnection, of bone fixation plates\ncondition the mechanical performance with the aim of stimulating their fixation and allowing the physiological development of bone callus.\n\nThe project is structured into six tasks. In addition to the tasks underlying the communication and dissemination of the project and its results, one of the tasks consists of obtaining information and perceptions, from people and healthcare professionals, about the first part of the finished project, which consisted of studying filigree patterns for biomedical jewellery. One of the tasks aims to explore different designs and configurations of plates, and their prototyping will allow testing their biomechanical performance in vitro in synthetic bone structures to analyse ergonomic and anatomical issues and aspects related to surgery performing. In a subsequent task, plates with \"medical viability\" will be selected for a more detailed study on the influence that designs have on their biomechanical performance through numerical analyses by finite elements. This task is especially important regarding the project's objectives, and a new selection of plates will be made to be manufactured by two alternative manufacturing methods, specifically by 3D metal prototyping and lost wax foundry. These plates will be mechanically tested through bending and fatigue tests, and their performance will be cross-referenced with numerical results. Unlike plates obtained by prototyping in the design and motif exploration phase, these plates will be applied to synthetic bone structures used in research because they do not present the material variability that cadaveric bones contain.\n\nThe project will be finalized by correlating the initial designs of the plates with their mechanical stiffness and resistance characteristics and set the limits of design freedom.\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-info-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-item qodef-e\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-social-links qodef-items-direction--vertical qodef-items-underline qodef-items-align--left qodef-appear-animation--no\" data-appearing-delay=\"0\">\t<div class=\"qodef-m-items\">\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d42171\" data-id=\"3d42171\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3260a55 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_info_section\" data-id=\"3260a55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_info_section.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-info-section qodef-info-section-192 qodef-layout--default  qodef-title-break--disabled qodef-appear-animation--no qodef-zoom-scroll-animation--no\" >\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-info qodef-info-top-align\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-tagline\" >\n\t\tResumo\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"qodef-m-text\" >Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o publicada examina o corpo em camadas ou n\u00edveis \u201carqueol\u00f3gicas\u201d (do espa\u00e7o f\u00edsico exterior ao interior), sugerindo o desenvolvimento de joias ortop\u00e9dicas, subd\u00e9rmicas, exod\u00e9rmicas, exocorporais e intracorp\u00f3reas. Estes n\u00edveis consideram um conjunto de joias de teor e prop\u00f3sito m\u00e9dicas que reconhecem a ci\u00eancia e a tecnologia como c\u00famplices no tratamento e cura do \u201cEu-f\u00edsico\u201d, acrescentando-lhe valor est\u00e9tico. Mais que apenas um meio de express\u00e3o, o corpo tratado torna-se um locus de experi\u00eancia, simbolismo e estetiza\u00e7\u00e3o -a joia \u00e9 entendida como embelezador do corpo (\u201ctorna-se o corpo\u201d) integra-se e passa a formar parte integral do corpo. Olga Noronha (PI) na sua tese, \u201cBecoming the Body\u201d, indexa um aprimoramento est\u00e9tico do corpo; naturaliza\u00e7\u00e3o no corpo-como uma substitui\u00e7\u00e3o de parte do corpo; tratamento e\/ou um aumento prot\u00e9sico. Transportando a joalharia para o ato cir\u00fargico, a pesquisa e suas pr\u00e1ticas testam os limites do paradigma da \u201cjoia\u201d; o que pode mobilizar e como pode atuar contemporaneamente. A discursividade da pr\u00e1tica \u00e9 definida pela compreens\u00e3o de como os diferentes projetos se comportam em diferentes situa\u00e7\u00f5es, provocando e levantando quest\u00f5es que s\u00e3o espec\u00edficas em cen\u00e1rios contrastantes. Deste modo, ao tentar minimizar ou desviar o efeito negativo e mutilador inerente ao tratamento m\u00e9dico, as joias m\u00e9dicas buscam compreender como tais projetos especulativos e propositivos de tecnologia cient\u00edfica esteticizada e de saber m\u00e9dico s\u00e3o emocional e fisicamente experienciados e que conhecimento angariam e veiculam. Como uma hipervaloriza\u00e7\u00e3o da circunst\u00e2ncia cir\u00fargica, e em busca de auto-prazer redesenhando o corpo, surge o potencial de transformar componentes m\u00e9dicos\/cir\u00fargicos, tornando-os pe\u00e7as de joalharia \u00edmpar, como que um tesouro escondido que desafia o objetivo convencional de adorno. Tendo em conta os presentes e futuros avan\u00e7os a n\u00edvel biotecnol\u00f3gico que permitem a pr\u00e1xis de um objeto penetrar e perfurar pele e tecido celular subcut\u00e2neo, e a possibilidade de inser\u00e7\u00e3o de outros materiais num n\u00edvel mais profundo dentro do corpo, transformando-o numa superf\u00edcie manipul\u00e1vel pass\u00edvel de reconfigura\u00e7\u00e3o f\u00edsica, um particular conceito de placas fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea subd\u00e9rmica foi proposto na tese de doutorado de Olga Noronha. No ramo da ortopedia, o objetivo principal da fixa\u00e7\u00e3o interna (osteoss\u00edntese) \u00e9 alcan\u00e7ar total e imediato retorno da funcionalidade do membro lesionado, promovendo a r\u00e1pida reabilita\u00e7\u00e3o do paciente. O procedimento consiste na implementa\u00e7\u00e3o cir\u00fargica de placas de metal, hastes e\/ou parafusos para reparar o osso fraturado, n\u00e3o podendo tais substituir permanentemente o osso j\u00e1 cicatrizado, devendo sim fornecer o suporte tempor\u00e1rio necess\u00e1rio. Atualmente, os materiais de elei\u00e7\u00e3o s\u00e3o metais ou ligas met\u00e1licas, incluindo a\u00e7o inoxid\u00e1vel e tit\u00e2nio, pois possuem alta resist\u00eancia, boa ductilidade e biocompatibilidade necess\u00e1ria. Placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o mais r\u00edgidas podem ser desej\u00e1veis em certas situa\u00e7\u00f5es cl\u00ednicas; em outras, uma placa menos r\u00edgida pode ser a melhor solu\u00e7\u00e3o cl\u00ednica. As quest\u00f5es biomec\u00e2nicas est\u00e3o relacionadas com o compromisso resist\u00eancia-rigidez para melhor cura e fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea. Em rela\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0s placas de osteoss\u00edntese, estudos revelam que \u00e9 aparentemente desej\u00e1vel que a placa transfira a carga para as estruturas \u00f3sseas que ser\u00e3o ligadas, permitindo que algum grau de micromobilidade estimule a forma\u00e7\u00e3o do calo \u00f3sseo. \u00c9 de opini\u00e3o generalizada que uma placa menos r\u00edgida pode ser funcionalmente mais apropriada e que a rigidez desempenha um papel fundamental em todo o mecanismo de consolida\u00e7\u00e3o da fratura \u00f3ssea, permitindo a micromobilidade fisiol\u00f3gica para a forma\u00e7\u00e3o de tecido reparador. O projeto proposto consiste em desenhar, desenvolver e testar, cientificamente, placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea, utilizando a t\u00e9cnica tradicional de filigrana, patrim\u00f3nio cultural do norte de Portugal. O objetivo \u00e9 avan\u00e7ar com o conceito de joalharia m\u00e9dica, para explorar placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea biofiligrana. Por fim, uma vez curado o osso, a placa de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o poder\u00e1 ser extra\u00edda e transformada numa joia us\u00e1vel, como por exemplo uma pulseira, anel, pendente, dependendo da sua dimens\u00e3o original. Assim, placas \u00f3sseas de filigrana de prata ser\u00e3o projetadas e testadas como elementos de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o da cicatriza\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea. Diferentes padr\u00f5es de geometria (como por exemplo SS, espirais, rodilh\u00f5es\\crespos, escamas, carac\u00f3is, caramujos e cornuc\u00f3pias) de projeto ser\u00e3o experimentalmente testados e aqueles que apresentarem rigidez\/resist\u00eancia adequadas para a mecanobiologia fisiol\u00f3gica ser\u00e3o selecionados para fabricar amostras de placas \u00f3sseas. Os resultados dos ensaios mec\u00e2nicos destas placas permitir\u00e3o responder \u00e0 principal quest\u00e3o de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o: Podem as placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea de osteoss\u00edntese em filigrana ser prescritas clinicamente? \nCom refer\u00eancia aos estudos desenvolvido pela Olga Noronha, focados nos aspetos sociais e psicol\u00f3gicos relativos \u00e0s pr\u00e1ticas de modifica\u00e7\u00e3o corporal e interven\u00e7\u00e3o m\u00e9dico-cir\u00fargica, analisando investiga\u00e7\u00e3o biom\u00e9dica sobre o tratamento de les\u00f5es f\u00edsicas, biocompatibilidade e desenho de pr\u00f3teses e elementos para implante m\u00e9dico, apresentou e desenvolveu o conceito de \"Joalharia Medicamente Prescrita\"\u2013como uma forma de atua\u00e7\u00e3o da joalharia por meio da adapta\u00e7\u00e3o da perce\u00e7\u00e3o do tratamento m\u00e9dico. Neste \u00e2mbito a revitaliza\u00e7\u00e3o e estudo da aplica\u00e7\u00e3o da filigrana no desenvolvimento de dispositivos biom\u00e9dicos tem sido objetivo cientifico, mas que implica a constitui\u00e7\u00e3o de grupos de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o em diferentes \u00e1reas do conhecimento, particularmente da arte, design e biomec\u00e2nica. Assim, uma primeira parte I de um projeto mais abrangente com objetivos cientificamente mais ambiciosos que se prendem com o estudo da aplica\u00e7\u00e3o da filigrana em dispositivos m\u00e9dicos implant\u00e1veis considerando as suas dimens\u00f5es multifatoriais que incluem \u00e1reas cient\u00edficas como arte, design, materiais e tecnologias, psicologia e sociologia, foi financiado pela Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia - PTDC\/EXPL\/ART-DAQ\/1347\/2021 (https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/). Nesse projeto avan\u00e7os significativos foram alcan\u00e7ados no que diz respeito \u00e0 prova de conceito e comprova\u00e7\u00e3o da\nbiofuncionalidade de placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o de fraturas \u00f3sseas. Os resultados desse projeto respondem, inequivocamente, \u00e0 quest\u00e3o de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o referida na candidatura do projeto: podem as placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea de osteoss\u00edntese em filigrana ser prescritas clinicamente? De facto, \u00e9 poss\u00edvel, em fun\u00e7\u00e3o da regi\u00e3o \u00f3ssea fraturada utilizar placas de filigrana, mas a sua composi\u00e7\u00e3o de car\u00e1cter est\u00e9tico tem influencia na forma como fixa a fratura. Nesse projeto, com o objetivo de avan\u00e7ar com o conceito de joalharia m\u00e9dica, permitiu explorar diferentes placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea fabricadas em filigrana. Uma vez curada fratura \u00f3ssea, a placa de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o poder\u00e1 ser extra\u00edda e transformada numa joia us\u00e1vel, como por exemplo uma pulseira, anel, pendente, dependendo da sua dimens\u00e3o original. Contudo, nesse projeto n\u00e3o foi poss\u00edvel analisar o efeito que o design das placas, em concreto as geometrias dos motivos (como por exemplo SS, espirais, rodilh\u00f5es, crespos, escamas, carac\u00f3is, caramujos e cornuc\u00f3pia) e dos esqueletos condicionam e influenciam as propriedades de rigidez e resist\u00eancia. Verificou-se, atrav\u00e9s de desenhos, modelos e an\u00e1lises por elementos finitos que essas geometrias tinham um efeito significativo no desempenho biomec\u00e2nico. Ou seja, \u00e9 fundamental correlacionar as geometrias dos motivos com as caracter\u00edsticas de rigidez e resist\u00eancia mec\u00e2nica das placas.\n\nEstes resultados permitir\u00e3o balizar a liberdade projetual no que diz respeito \u00e0 composi\u00e7\u00e3o est\u00e9tica das placas. Assim, a quest\u00e3o de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o prende-se em saber como as configura\u00e7\u00f5es est\u00e9ticas, numa interliga\u00e7\u00e3o material-motivo-esqueleto das placas de fixa\u00e7\u00e3o \u00f3ssea condicionam o desempenho mec\u00e2nico com o objetivo de estimular a fixa\u00e7\u00e3o das mesmas e permitir o desenvolvimento do calo \u00f3sseo de modo fisiol\u00f3gico. O projeto est\u00e1 estruturado em seis tarefas. Para al\u00e9m das tarefas subjacentes \u00e0 comunica\u00e7\u00e3o e dissemina\u00e7\u00e3o do projeto e seus resultados, uma das tarefas consiste em obter informa\u00e7\u00e3o e perce\u00e7\u00f5es, das pessoas e de profissionais de sa\u00fade, sobre a primeira parte do projeto finalizado, que\nconsistiu no estudo de padr\u00f5es de filigrana para joalharia biom\u00e9dica. Uma das tarefas tem como objetivo explorar desenhos e configura\u00e7\u00f5es de placas e cuja sua prototipagem permitir\u00e1 testar de modo in vitro o seu desempenho biomec\u00e2nico em estruturas \u00f3sseas sint\u00e9ticas para analisar quest\u00f5es de car\u00e1cter ergon\u00f3mico e anat\u00f3mico e sobre aspetos que se prendem com a realiza\u00e7\u00e3o das cirurgias. Numa tarefa posterior, as placas com \u201cviabilidade m\u00e9dica\u201d ser\u00e3o selecionadas para um estudo mais detalhado sobre a influ\u00eancia que os designs t\u00eam relativamente ao seu desempenho biomec\u00e2nico atrav\u00e9s de analises num\u00e9ricas por elementos finitos. Esta tarefa assume especial import\u00e2ncia relativamente aos objetivos do projeto e\numa nova sele\u00e7\u00e3o de placas ser\u00e1 feita para serem fabricadas por dois m\u00e9todos de fabrico alternativos, em concreto, por prototipagem met\u00e1lica 3D e por fundi\u00e7\u00e3o por cera perdida. Aas placas ser\u00e3o ensaiadas mecanicamente atrav\u00e9s de ensaios de flex\u00e3o e fadiga e cruzar o seu desempenho com os resultados num\u00e9ricos. Ao contrario das obtidos por prototipagem na fase de explora\u00e7\u00e3o dos desenhos e dos motivos e esqueletos, os modelos ser\u00e3o aplicados em estruturas \u00f3sseas sint\u00e9ticas que s\u00e3o utilizadas em investiga\u00e7\u00e3o por n\u00e3o apresentarem a variabilidade material que os ossos cadav\u00e9ricos cont\u00eam. O projeto ser\u00e1 finalizado atrav\u00e9s da correla\u00e7\u00e3o dos desenhos de partida das placas com as suas caracter\u00edsticas mec\u00e2nicas de rigidez e resist\u00eancia e assim estabelecer os limites da liberdade dos desenhos.\n\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-info-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-item qodef-e\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-social-links qodef-items-direction--vertical qodef-items-underline qodef-items-align--left qodef-appear-animation--no\" data-appearing-delay=\"0\">\t<div class=\"qodef-m-items\">\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c070602 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"c070602\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98a027e\" data-id=\"98a027e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fec09f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9fec09f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.5.6 - 28-02-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/MG_1488_edit2-1-scaled-pnxxfefsjeajrily8vgomems51orhc0vmdzu6ricfw.jpg\" title=\"_MG_1488_edit2\" alt=\"_MG_1488_edit2\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa9ce7e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"aa9ce7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c97759\" data-id=\"6c97759\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227fafd elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_section_title\" data-id=\"227fafd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-section-title qodef-alignment--left  qodef-appear-animation--no \">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\" style=\"margin-top: 15px\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPreserving cultural heritage while developing new scientifical purposes for its application.\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<p class=\"qodef-m-title-text\" >Filigree is a technique to manufacture jewelery objects of great cultural tradition in certain regions of Portugal. In this context, it should be noted that, in addition to the perspective of scientific intervention proposed with this project, it is important to preserve cultural heritage, as well as to promote cultural and social development, with repercussions in the medium and long term in the country, especially in the municipalities where the industry still prevails. Economic issues are also relevant to the sector \u0301s survival that it is not possible to ignore. The proposed project aims to disseminate and share the knowledge of ancient filigree art, an inheritance passed down through generations, in an attempt to ensure its continuity, in an innovative perspective of combining it with medical devices that can be converted to jewels. This new innovative perspective opens a new path for the use of filigree that can add its share to the sustainable development of the \u201cfiligree\u201d regions. In this way, the objective is to foster the revitalization of the craft of filigree and promote the awareness of stakeholders and political power in the defence of cultural heritage, fostering regional cooperation, in an era of globalization that threatens the cultural identity of communities.\n\n<\/p>\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-button\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-20f6336\" data-id=\"20f6336\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7bf4df elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_single_image\" data-id=\"e7bf4df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_single_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/9-1-alt-1-1300x1300.png 1300w, https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/9-1-alt-1-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/9-1-alt-1-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbf24ab elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"bbf24ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6584459\" data-id=\"6584459\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4800c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4800c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Creditos-Olga-Noronha_edit-scaled-pnxxkb5g890ge7h9kzujn61fthhrofieyon4es8by4.jpg\" title=\"Creditos Olga Noronha_edit\" alt=\"Creditos Olga Noronha_edit\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90fe54d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"90fe54d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-181457d\" data-id=\"181457d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f00972 elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_icon_with_text\" data-id=\"3f00972\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_icon_with_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-icon-with-text qodef-layout--before-title qodef--custom-icon  \">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-content\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"qodef-m-title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-title-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-icon-wrapper\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/about-me-iwt-img1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"a\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tPlan and Methods (on going)\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb1ffde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb1ffde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>The proposed exploratory project aims only part of a more ambitious project of multifactorial dimensions including scientific areas such as art, design, medicine, materials and technology, psychology and sociology. The art, design, psychology and sociological dimensions of the proposal, has been significantly studied by Olga Noronha in her doctoral thesis &#8211; What extent can jewellery, science and technology come together in relation to the human body? Her research gathers public reflection on the work to evaluate the way it is read and is meaningful in different contexts. In order to understand how the work contributes and provokes traction, the practice has been made public in numerous contexts (viz. art galleries, a fashion show and several engineering and medical conferences). This allowed Olga to advance the understanding\/meaning of the work by different communities of practice, which ultimately gave rise to discussions on new directions of social rituals and on the merging of aesthetics and ethics.<\/h4><h4>The main objective of the project is to make a proof-of-concept to design bone fracture plates in filigree materials and patterns and test these plates mechanically to verify if they are suitable to be applied in an in vivo surgery context.<\/h4><h4>The research plan includes 3 main tasks: 1-Project management and dissemination; 2-Design of filigree geometry patterns; and 3-Prototyping filigree bone plates &amp; mechanical testing. Tasks 2 and 3 are interconnected and will be articulated in a reverse design methodology, since project decisions depend on the output results to be obtained within each task. To develop the project, a multidisciplinary team (surgeons, material engineers, biomechanics and designers) of researchers with complementary experience and skills necessary for the good development of the project was gathered.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f6e31a\" data-id=\"8f6e31a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db049a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-laurits_core_icon_with_text\" data-id=\"db049a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"laurits_core_icon_with_text.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m  qodef-icon-with-text qodef-layout--before-title qodef--custom-icon  \">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-m-content\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"qodef-m-title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-title-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-icon-wrapper\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/biofiligree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/about-me-iwt-img1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"a\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-title-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tTasks\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e3878c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-backgound-letter-holder-no qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"7e3878c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c6999b\" data-id=\"0c6999b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06e94ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"06e94ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Task 1<\/strong><\/p><p>The dissemination will be carried out, objectively, through the participation of team members in congresses and through scientific publications in national and international journals, as well as through master&#8217;s dissertations. A final national colloquium will be held with stakeholders, industry professionals and health professionals such as orthopaedic surgeons with interests in the area of osteosynthesis to present the results of the project. This will be carried out with the support of the Portuguese Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and Portuguese Biomechanical Society. It is also the objective of the PI to present the results of the project at either the European Orthopaedic Research Society, or International Orthopaedics Society or European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. In parallel and through the timeline of the project, different communication channels will be used, namely scientific peer-reviewed journals.<\/p><p><strong>Task 2<\/strong><\/p><p>Objective: Gather valuable insights of orthopaedic surgeons, biomedical engineers, researchers, and other relevant professionals and also gather their perspectives on the proposed filigree bone fracture fixation plates. Creating a questionnaire about filigree bone fracture fixation plates can help gather valuable insights of orthopaedic surgeons, biomedical<br \/>engineers, researchers, and other relevant professionals to gather their perspectives on filigree bone fracture fixation plates. It is also important that the inquiry addresses into how jewellery &#8216;becomes the body&#8217;, how jewellery, science and technology can come together to produce new arrangements readings or meanings, and performances in\/of the body. Have as reference the part I of the Biofiligee project, questions can include, not all, the following, and will be adaptable if general public or health\/engineering professionals:<br \/>&#8211; How can jewellery aesthetically enhance the body?<br \/>&#8211; How can jewellery become integrated in the body?<br \/>&#8211; In what ways can jewellery act in\/on the body? And further, into the body?<br \/>&#8211; Can jewellery disclose and open up medical practices to publics?<br \/>&#8211; What is your relationship towards the repair of the body and the repaired body?<br \/>&#8211; How can you bring medicine and jewellery together?<br \/>&#8211; If you were given the chance, would you want to be able to choose or customize the medical foreign body you are being prescribed?<br \/>&#8211; Can you imagine and draw a medically inscribed jewel? And a filigree bone fixation plate?<br \/>&#8211; How familiar are you with bone fracture fixation plates? What if they were proposed in filigree?<br \/>&#8211; In what capacity have you interacted with bone fixation plates?<br \/>&#8211; What are your general perceptions of filigree bone fixation plates compared to traditional fixation plates?<br \/>&#8211; What advantages or disadvantages do you perceive filigree fixation plates to have over traditional fixation plates?<br \/>&#8211; What improvements or modifications would you like to see in filigree fixation plates in the future? <br \/>&#8211; How do you envision the future role of filigree fixation plates in orthopaedic surgery?<br \/>Please share any additional comments or insights you have regarding filigree bone fracture fixation plates. If you are willing to participate in follow-up interviews or discussions, please provide your contact information (optional). Other type of information will be requested such as, demographic Information, age, gender, occupation, years of experience and expertise (health\/engineering professionals). Adjustments can be made based on the specific focus or objectives of the research.<\/p><p><strong>Task 3<\/strong><\/p><p>Within this task, filigree geometry patterns will be explored and redesigned, based on a thorough investigation of the existing filigree techniques and pattern variations. Research will be complemented and made on the common components and structuring process of typical Portuguese filigree, understanding how the different parts that form the overall structure can be reconsidered in dimension and decoration for the purpose hereby exposed. As a matter of specification, it is anticipated that the thicker structure that holds the thinner wires, known as \u2018skeleton\u2019, may have to be reconsidered in its geometric wire section from square\/rectangular to half-round. As the for the decorative elements known as SS, spirals, curls, scales, snails, conchs and cornucopias, these may also have to be reconsidered in thickness and morphology. The inner skeleton geometry plays an important role concerning the stiffness and strength characteristics of the device. These and the decorative elements can be redesigned based on the finite element analysis findings. Filigree 3D printed bone plate will be manufactured for surgery simulation an evaluation. The ergonomics and anatomical features of the device will be analysed for possible adaptations to reproduce the real surgery application. Due to the geometry of the fractures anatomical sites, changes can be need to make to the plates. The output of the task are different types of bone plates that will be selected for the in silico analysis and then fabrication and mechanical testing. This task will be coordinated by the IR and will be the subject of a master&#8217;s dissertation proposal in Product Design to be carried out at Escola Superior de Artes e Design under her supervision.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe48ad2\" data-id=\"fe48ad2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c6f4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93c6f4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Task 4<\/strong><\/p><p>In this task, the biomechanics of selected bone sites are to be identified, namely to define loading characteristics for the finite element analysis. Only bone fractures reparable with this type of plates will be evaluated, particularly fractures of small bones. In the previous project, it was possible to verify that there will be some structural limitations in the application of filigree plates in long bone fractures. With reference to the plates produced in task 2, a geometrical survey of the plates to be analysed will be conducted from the perspective of their strength and stiffness. This task will allow assessing how the geometrical elements of the motifs, as well as the inner skeleton of the plate, influence its structural performance. This task will be considered in a master&#8217;s proposal in Mechanical Engineering to be developed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, coordinated by researcher Jos\u00e9 Sim\u00f5es and will have the consultancy of investigator Ant\u00f3nio Ramos. Both have extensive experience in the field of biomechanics and finite element analyses.<\/p><p><strong>Task 5<\/strong><\/p><p>In this task, based on the results of the computational analysis, plates will be manufactured for testing and evaluation regarding their strength and stiffness characteristics. In this context, and concerning manufacturing processes, two distinct technologies will be applied, namely the use of metal rapid prototyping technology and the lost wax casting process. The former, considering the objectives of this project, appears more suitable and versatile from the perspective of applying more organic designs to the plates. However, it is believed that the properties of plates produced by the lost wax casting process may allow for plates with stiffness and strength more suitable for certain fractures with higher load demands. In fact, manufacturing of these type of plates in titanium and stainless steel possesses some demanding problems like cracking aiming to set-up of a reliable fabrication process. Some fabrication problems can raise in the processing of the starting materials, some due to the<\/p><p>casting grain. In fact, this is an important task to avoid problems like: poor quality of the starting materials, including scarp, that can induce contamination and possible embrittlement; poor melting properties, leading to casting defects and\/or gas porosity and blisters, incorporation of inclusions, excessive shrinkage porosity, and segregation; stress corrosion cracking in some gold alloys; and incorrect annealing. In fact, due to the types of materials to be used, this task is fundamental to fabricate adequate plates for mechanical testing. A rigorous control of starting materials will be made. The plates will be manufactured at INEGI of the University of Porto, which possesses the necessary expertise. The mechanical tests on plates manufactured by the two aforementioned processes will be conducted at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, which will be part of a master&#8217;s dissertation proposal. In this task, the objective is to mechanically test the filigree bone plates. A statistical significant number of plates will be tested under tensile and in 3-point bending mechanical tests (standard F382-99). These tests are the suitable ones to characterize the structural demand that plates are subjected to fixate the fracture healing region of bones (tibia, femur, elbow, ankle, etc.). The output of results are the stiffness and strength parameters of plates suitable for the biomechanical-biological application in analysis. In the second phase of the task, fractured synthetic bones sites will be used to characterize the fixation of fractures using osteosynthesis plates manufactured previously. An experimental methodology to determine plated femur strains using fibre Bragg gratings and strain will be applied. Strains will be recorded at the same sites on all bones. This methodology based on fibre Bragg grating sensors is a novel approach to assess bone plate strains and has been developed and tested by the researchers of this project.<\/p><p><strong>Task 6<\/strong><\/p><p>The correlation between the geometry of filigree motifs and the results of mechanical tests, stiffness, and strength, will allow us to define patterns that are most suitable for different types of bone fractures. These results will be relevant in perspective to avoiding the inadequate development of new plates for specific bone fracture fixation. Thus, we will understand how the typology of the decorative elements such as &#8216;SS&#8217;, spirals, scrolls, scales, snails and cornucopias influence the stiffness and resistance of bone plates. 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