Selective laser melting: A regular unit cell approach for the manufacture of porous, titanium, bone in-growth constructs, suitable for orthopedic applications

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-334

  Mullen, Lewis ^a   Stamp, Robin C ^a   Brooks, Wesley K ^a   Jones, Eric ^b   Sutcliffe, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Stryker Orthopaedics ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bone in growth; Fixation; Joint replacement; Mechanical properties; Porous

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION STRENGTH; FIXATION; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED STRUCTURE; GROWTH SURFACES; HUMAN BONES; JOINT REPLACEMENT; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; ORTHOPEDIC APPLICATIONS; ORTHOPEDIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POROUS; POROUS TITANIUM; RAPID MANUFACTURING; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; STRAND DIAMETERS; UNIT CELL APPROACH; UNIT CELL SIZE; UNIT CELLS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; JOINT PROSTHESES; LASER PULSES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; GEOMETRY; ORTHOPEDIC PROSTHESIS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 65949109480     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.31219     Document Type: Article

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