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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosci Methods. 2013 Nov 19;222:199–206. doi: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.10.022

Figure 1. Components and dimensions for pelvic orthosis fabrication, and skeletal placement.

Figure 1

A. Components. Component labels are in italics. A female threaded aluminum standoff (B), a pair of stainless steel screw rods(C), bronze sleeve bearings(A), and aluminum cuffs or c-clamps (D) having an arc of ~190-210 degrees, were used to fabricate the pelvic orthosis. A/C/D are assembled and cemented prior to sterilization for surgery. After insertion, and tightening of implant placement in surgery , A and B are secured to one another with epoxy steel adhesive. B. Lateral View with assembled components labeled. C ~Ventral View, with assembled components labeled. D. ~ Dorsal view on Full rat skeleton with hip/leg visible and components labeled. E Completed implanted assembly in awake rat with a phantom 1.0 robot attached to the A/B assembly.