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Next-generation biomedical implants using additive manufacturing of complex, cellular and functional mesh
arrays
by L. E. Murr, S. M. Gaytan, F. Medina, H. Lopez, E. Martinez, B. I. Machado, D. H. Hernandez, L. Martinez, M. I. Lopez, R. B. Wicker, and J. Bracke
Philosophical Transactions AVolume 368(1917):1999-2032
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Commercial ‘Trabecular Metal’ cellular tantalum.
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Aluminium alloy (6101) cellular foam.
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EBM system schematic and SEM inset showing initial powder.
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Software (CAD) rendering of metal (aluminium alloy) cellular foam from the microCT scan.
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(a) Materialise software elements, (b) models and (c) EBM-fabricated Ti-6Al-4V prototype test blocks.
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Examples of early EBM-built structures for Materialise dode-thin software element increases (1–3) and 3S software unit-cell ‘bone’ element (4).
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Software model views and EBM-fabricated prototypes using the Materialise dode-thin software element.
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FESEM views of EBM-fabricated Materialise dode-thin (figure 5) element model corresponding to a density of 0.86 g cm−3 (table 2).
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Optical micrographs showing acicular α-phase microstructures in a plane perpendicular to the build direction.
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Comparison of residual microstructures for (a) triple-melt-pass fabrication of fully dense monolith in longitudinal plane with (b) optimized single-melt-pass fabrication of 1.59 g cm−3
dense, Materialise dode-thin element strut.
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The α′ (martensitic) phase dominating the microstructure of struts for mesh arrays fabricated (by EBM) from Materialise software elements (figure 5a).
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TEM bright-field images showing (a) α-phase and (b) α′-phase (martensite) microstructures.
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TEM bright-field image comparisons for single-melt-pass EBM fabrication of fully dense Ti-6Al-4V monoliths with variations in build thermal history to create dislocation density variations in
the α-phase.
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TEM bright-field image showing microstructural details for optimized EBM Ti-6Al-4V products.
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Knee implant (tibial stem) prototype development and EBM processing.
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3S software bone unit cell and model for a 5 mm cell dimension prototype.
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(a,c) 3S bone element software models for 4 and 5 mm unit cell sizes, respectively, along with (b,d) views of EBM-fabricated 5 mm prototype monoliths.
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Conceptual design for complex, functional, intramedullary rod or stem.
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CAD model showing build table set-up (a) and dual-functional, fabricated (3S bone element) cylindrical prototype of Ti-6Al-4V.
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Ti-6Al-4V cellular foam prototypes fabricated by EBM using the software models shown in figure 4 (table 4).
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Software (CAD) models incorporating an inner foam element and an outer S3 bone element.
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Software models incorporating different density inner and outer foam elements as in figure 21.
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X-ray image examples of (a) right femur complete fracture (arrow) in for an 18-year-old motorcycle accident patient and (b) the corresponding bone union with intramedullary rod
inserted (after 18.8 months recovery time).
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Examples of commercially developed femoral hip, rod and stem devices.
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AM–EBM fabricated Ti-6Al-4V complex, functional mesh/mesh and mesh/foam bone shaft stem or rod device prototypes.
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Relative stiffness (E/Eo) versus relative density (ρ/ρo) for all the open cellular and reticulated prototypes illustrated in tables 1–4.
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Elastic modulus (E) versus porosity for all the open cellular and reticulated prototypes illustrated in tables 1–4.
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