Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2021): Trans. AMMM
https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2021.2109561

Scaffolds, Implants and Drug Delivery Systems, ID 561

Osteointegration of 3D-printed bone plates

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Lina Yan (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore), Aleksandar Kostadinov (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore), Ming-You Xie (School of Dentistry, China Medical University, Taichung City, Taiwan), Gavin O'Neill (Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore)

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Abstract

Current orthopedic plates come in standardized sizes using bio-compatible materials such as stainless steel and titanium. The toughness of the metallic materials and the standardizes sizes of the plates, however, are major causes for a delayed healing of the fracture. In the worst case, this effect can lead to a non-union of the bone. In this study, we employed 3D-printing to tailor the mechanical properties of the bone plates using four different lattice designs. The functionality of the semi porous implants was systematically evaluated under both of in vitro and in vivo animal studies. The results indicate that the novel implant design induces osteointegration suggesting an improved recovery of the fracture.

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Yan, L., Kostadinov, A., Xie, M.-Y., & O’Neill, G. (2021). Osteointegration of 3D-printed bone plates. Transactions on Additive Manufacturing Meets Medicine, 3(1), 561. https://doi.org/10.18416/AMMM.2021.2109561