Microstructure and mechanical properties of open-cellular biomaterials prototypes for total knee replacement implants fabricated by electron beam melting

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1396-1411

  Murr, L E ^a,b   Amato, K N ^a,b   Li, S J ^c   Tian, Y X ^c   Cheng, X Y ^c   Gaytan, S M ^a,b   Martinez, E ^a,b   Shindo, P W ^a,b   Medina, F ^b   Wicker, R B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; BONE STIFFNESS; BUILD DIRECTION; CO-CR ALLOYS; FEMORAL COMPONENT; FOAM STRUCTURE; INTRINSIC STACKING FAULT; LOG-LOG PLOTS; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RELATIVE DENSITY; RELATIVE STIFFNESS; STRESS SHIELDING; TI-6AL-4V; TIBIAL COMPONENT; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ALUMINUM; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBIDES; CELLULAR MANUFACTURING; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRON BEAM FURNACES; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; ELECTRON BEAMS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; STIFFNESS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM;

JOINT PROSTHESES;

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; BIOMATERIAL; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON BEAM MELTING; FEMUR; FOAM; HARDNESS; HEATING; IMPLANT; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TECHNIQUE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALLOYS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRONS; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OPTICAL PROCESSES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOFTWARE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 79960591452     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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