Magnetic Fields and Materials for Medical Bone Reconstruction, Assisted by Advanced Finite-Element Simulations

We address the use of magnetic elds, forces, and materials for medical pur- poses. In particular, the treatment of os- teochondral lesions is aimed for. To sup- port ongoing activities in this eld of research, last advances in using Finite Element Analy- sis (FEA) for the simulation of relevant pro- cesses, like magnetic targeting and magnetic xation are reported. The availability of ad- vanced multiphysics FEA software gives rise to a comprehensive descriptions of such complex scenarios both for in-vitro experiments and in- vivo applications.