Additively manufactured porous tantalum implants

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 14, Issue , 2015, Pages 217-225

  Wauthle, Ruben ^a,b   Van Der Stok, Johan ^c   Yavari, Saber Amin ^d   Van Humbeeck, Jan ^a   Kruth, Jean Pierre ^a   Zadpoor, Amir Abbas ^d   Weinans, Harrie ^d,e   Mulier, Michiel ^a   Schrooten, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Layerwise NV   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone regeneration; Porous biomaterials; Selective laser melting; Tantalum

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; BONE; MELTING; METAL IMPLANTS; TANTALUM; TANTALUM ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM ALLOYS;

BONE INGROWTH; BONE REGENERATION; COMPLEX SHAPES; MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES; MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY; METALLIC BIOMATERIALS; POROUS BIOMATERIAL; POROUS METALLICS; POROUS TANTALUMS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING;

3D PRINTERS;

TANTALUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DEFECT; BONE GROWTH; BONE IMPLANT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE STRENGTH; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY TEST; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMUR; IMPLANT FRACTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS TANTALUM IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; TORQUE; TRABECULAR BONE; X RAY ANALYSIS; YOUNG MODULUS; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; LASER; MOUSE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RADIOGRAPHY; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMUR; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS, WISTAR; TANTALUM; TORSION, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84921822933     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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