Damiano Pasini

Prof. Damiano Pasini

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université McGill, Montreal, QC H3A 0G4, Canada

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

25Years (2002-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2016 in Acta Biomaterialia
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SASajad Arabnejad
Sajad Arabnejad
RJR. Burnett Johnston
R. Burnett Johnston
JPJenny Ann Pura
Jenny Ann Pura
BSBaljinder Singh
Baljinder Singh
MTMichael Tanzer
Michael Tanzer
DPDamiano Pasini
Damiano Pasini

4 October 2016 in Journal of Orthopaedic Research
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SASajad Arabnejad
Sajad Arabnejad
BJBurnett Johnston
Burnett Johnston
MTMichael Tanzer
Michael Tanzer
DPDamiano Pasini
Damiano Pasini

28 August 2015 in Advanced Materials
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ARAhmad Rafsanjani
Ahmad Rafsanjani
AAAbdolhamid Akbarzadeh
Abdolhamid Akbarzadeh
DPDamiano Pasini
Damiano Pasini

1 November 2017 in Acta Biomaterialia
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DMD. Melancon
D. Melancon
ZBZ.S. Bagheri
Z.S. Bagheri
RJR.B. Johnston
R.B. Johnston
LLL. Liu
L. Liu
MTM. Tanzer
M. Tanzer
DPDamiano Pasini
Damiano Pasini

7 September 2018 in Journal of Mechanical Design
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YWYingjun Wang
Yingjun Wang
SASajad Arabnejad
Sajad Arabnejad
MTMichael Tanzer
Michael Tanzer
DPDamiano Pasini
Damiano Pasini
Even in a well-functioning total hip replacement, significant peri-implant bone resorption can occur secondary to stress shielding. Stress shielding is caused by an undesired mismatch of elastic modulus between the stiffer implant and the adjacent bone tissue. To address this problem, we present here a microarchitected hip implant that consists of a three-dimensional (3D) graded lattice material with properties that are mechanically biocompatible with those of the femoral bone. Asymptotic homogenization (AH) is used to numerically determine the mechanical and fatigue properties of the implant, and a gradient-free scheme of topology optimization is used to find the optimized relative density distribution of the porous implant under multiple constraints dictated by implant micromotion, pore size, porosity, and minimum manufacturable thickness of the cell elements. Obtained for a 38-year-old patient femur, bone resorption is assessed by the difference in strain energy between the implanted bone and the intact bone in the postoperative conditions. The numerical results suggest that bone loss for the optimized porous implant is only 42% of that of a fully solid implant, here taken as benchmark, and 79% of that of a porous implant with uniform density. The architected hip implant presented in this work shows clinical promise in reducing bone loss while preventing implant micromotion, thereby contributing to reduce the risk of periprosthetic fracture and the probability of revision surgery.

1 June 2017 in Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
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ZBZahra S. Bagheri
Zahra S. Bagheri
DMDavid Melancon
David Melancon
LLLu Liu
Lu Liu
RJR. Burnett Johnston
R. Burnett Johnston
DPDamiano Pasini
Damiano Pasini