Experimental Study of Thoracoabdominal Injuries Suffered from Caudocephalad Impacts Using Pigs

Figure 1

The schematic diagram and photograph of the installation. (a) Schematic diagram. The setup comprises a sled with three thin steel pipes, a horizontal seat assembly fixed on the carriage, rail, rigid wall, and traction control system. When the thin steel pipes collide with the rigid wall, the sled stops and the carriage continues to move forward and impact with the rigid wall, and finally the buttock of the pig experienced a high caudocephalad acceleration loaded from the seat. (b) The setup photograph. The pig lays in a supine position on the carriage, and the setup was ready for the CCI.

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