Next-generation biomedical implants using additive manufacturing of complex cellular and functional mesh arrays

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1917, 2010, Pages 1999-2032

  Murr, L E ^a   Gaytan, S M ^a   Medina, F ^a   Lopez, H ^a   Martinez, E ^a   MacHado, B I ^a   Hernandez, D H ^a   Martinez, L ^a   Lopez, M I ^a   Wicker, R B ^a   Bracke, J ^b  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b Integrated Material Control Engineering IMCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomedical mesh and foam arrays; Elastic modulus measurement; Electron beam melting; Implants; Materials characterization

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BONE; CELLULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAM FURNACES; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MELTING; MESH GENERATION; METALLOGRAPHY; MICROSTRUCTURE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SMELTING; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; BONE INGROWTH; BONE-IMPLANT INTERFACES; CELL DESIGN; CEMENTLESS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY SCAN; DAMPING ANALYSIS; DESIGN ELEMENTS; ELASTIC MODULUS MEASUREMENT; ELASTIC MODULUS MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON METALLOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONALLY GRADED; HARD TISSUES; HEXAGONAL CLOSE-PACKED; HIP STEM; IMPLANT COMPONENTS; IMPLANTS; MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION; MESH DENSITY; MESH ELEMENTS; MICROINDENTATION HARDNESS; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SOFTWARE MODEL; SOLIDIFICATION RATE; TI-6AL-4V; UNIT CELLS;

ELASTIC MODULI;

BIOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM ALLOY (TIAL6V4);

APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFORMATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BONE AND BONES; BONE SUBSTITUTES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TITANIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951848161     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0010     Document Type: Article

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