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20130096566DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING MECHANICAL
INTEGRITY OF BONE - A method for determination of mechanical
integrity of bone includes embedding a threaded rod into the
bone, extracting the threaded rod out of the bone, and measuring
the force required to extract the threaded rod from the bone,
wherein the force required to extract the threaded rod is
indicative of the mechanical integrity of the bone. A device for
determining the mechanical integrity of bone includes a housing,
a rod holder mounted to the housing and configured to hold a
threaded rod which is embedded in the bone, a pulling force
applicator which applies a pulling force to the rod holder to
extract the threaded rod from the bone, and a pulling force
measuring instrument which measures the pulling force applied to
the rod holder by the pulling force applicator