Load-adaptive scaffold architecturing: A bioinspired approach to the design of porous additively manufactured scaffolds with optimized mechanical properties

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 966-975

  Rainer, Alberto ^a,b   Giannitelli, Sara M ^a   Accoto, Dino ^a   De Porcellinis, Stefano ^b   Guglielmelli, Eugenio ^a   Trombetta, Marcella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b Biomatica Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Biomimetic design; Computer aided tissue engineering; Finite element analysis; Load adaptive scaffold architecturing

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; BIO-INSPIRED APPROACH; BIOMIMETIC DESIGN; BIOMIMETIC STRUCTURES; COMPUTER-AIDED TISSUE ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS; INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; LOAD-ADAPTIVE SCAFFOLD ARCHITECTURING; MANUFACTURED STRUCTURES; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; NUMERICAL STUDIES; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADS; POLY(E-CAPROLACTONE); PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; PROXIMAL FEMUR; SOLID FREE-FORM FABRICATION;

BIOMIMETICS; FABRICATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCAFFOLDS;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WEIGHT BEARING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR HEAD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; POROSITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84862154611     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0465-4     Document Type: Article

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