Knee Anatomy – Healthy, Injured and Treated

The goal of this project was to create close up anatomical 3D models for sports medicine R&D. The focus was to display the healthy joint space of the human knee along with different types of injuries and their surgical treatments.

ACL & PCL injury partial tear

ACL & PCL injury full tear

ACL & PCL treatment

Anterior Cruciate Ligament & Posterior Cruciate Ligament surgery to repair the torn knee ligaments involves replacing the ligaments with a section of healthy tendon. A tendon from the patellar tendon connecting the kneecap to the tibia or from the hamstring. This section is grafted into place after the damaged ligament is removed. The tendon graft may come from the patient (autograft) or from an organ donor (allograft).

Arthritis Injury & Treatment (Grade 1-3)

Femur Condyle Chondral Graft Arthritis Treatment

Arthritis is treated with a few different methods. If the damage isn’t severer the injured section of cartilage is shaved down, reduction irritation. Other methods involve drilling small holes into the bone, stimulating healing, or a patch is added.

Meniscus Bucket Handle Injury & Treatment

Meniscus Radial Tear Injury & Treatment

Meniscus Complex Tear Injury & Treatment

Sculpted in Zbrush. Setup in 3dsMax. Rendered with V-Ray.