3D Printing of Calcium Phosphate Ceramics for Bone Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 23-44

  Trombetta, Ryan ^a,b   Inzana, Jason A ^b,c   Schwarz, Edward M ^a,b   Kates, Stephen L ^b,d   Awad, Hani A ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D printing; Binder jetting; Bone; Drug delivery; Material extrusion; Powder bed fusion; Tissue engineering; Vat polymerization

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; BINDERS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; DRUG DELIVERY; EXTRUSION; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; POLYMERIZATION; TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

3-D PRINTING; BONE GRAFT SUBSTITUTES; BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CERAMICS; DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ORTHOPAEDIC APPLICATIONS; POWDER BED; RAPID PROTOTYPING AND MANUFACTURING;

3D PRINTERS;

BIOACTIVE GLASS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE DIBASIC; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLASS; HYDROXYAPATITE; MACROGOL; POLY(EPSILON CAPROLACTONE FUMARATE); POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYACTIC ACID; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BONE PROSTHESIS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDER JETTING; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ALLOGRAFT; BONE GRAFT; BONE REGENERATION; BONE TISSUE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERMOSTABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VAT POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE;

ANIMALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; CERAMICS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84975297327     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-016-1678-3     Document Type: Article

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