Porous biodegradable lumbar interbody fusion cage design and fabrication using integrated global-local topology optimization with laser sintering

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Kang, Heesuk ^a   Hollister, Scott J ^a,b   Marca, Frank La ^a,b   Park, Paul ^b   Lin, Chia Ying ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradable cage; interbody fusion; microstructure; multiscale topology optimization

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRA-DABLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADABLE CAGE; FOREIGN BODY REACTIONS; INTERBODY FUSION; INTERBODY FUSION CAGES; INTERCONNECTED POROSITY; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES;

COMPRESSION TESTING; LASER HEATING; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POROSITY; SHIELDING; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESSES; YIELD STRESS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

HYDROXYAPATITE; POLYCAPROLACTONE; BIOMATERIAL; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBAL LOCAL TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION CAGE; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; RIGIDITY; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; SPINE FUSION IMPLANT; ANIMAL; DEVICES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LASER; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; SPINE FUSION; SURGERY; SWINE; EQUIPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LASERS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE;

EID: 84887592900     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025102     Document Type: Article

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