Figure 3

Details of the experimental setup. a Mechanism for fixation of the femur to the testing rig in an arbitrary position. A threaded bar was screwed through the femoral shaft and secured to a multiple adjustable frame (yellow double-arrows indicate possibilities for adjustment) using two ball joints. The tibia was not constrained further. b Robotic patellar attachment via a tip into a torx screw. The two tips are for medial and lateral displacement, respectively, but only one tip is touching the corresponding patellar screw at a time, thereby allowing unconstrained patellar rotation.