Additive manufacturing techniques for the production of tissue engineering constructs

Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Mota, Carlos ^a   Puppi, Dario ^a   Chiellini, Federica ^a   Chiellini, Emo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Regenerative medicine; Scaffold; Solid freeform fabrication; Tissue and organ printing; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

3D MODELING; 3D PRINTERS; EXTRUSION; LASER HEATING; MELT SPINNING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MODELING DATA; ORGAN PRINTING; PROCESS-BASED; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) MODEL; TISSUE ENGINEERED CONSTRUCTS; TISSUE PRINTING; TISSUES ENGINEERINGS;

SINTERING;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOMATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; GEOMETRY; MELT EXTRUSION BASED TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SOLUTION SLURRY EXTRUSION BASED TECHNIQUE; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; TISSUE AND ORGAN PRINTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84869876690     PISSN: 19326254     EISSN: 19327005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/term.1635     Document Type: Review

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