Pre-clinical Evaluation of Additive Manufactured Surfaces for Orthopaedic Applications

摘要

Additive manufacture technologies offer unique opportunities to create new surfaces for orthopaedic applications. This work demonstrates that human bone cells respond favourably to surfaces manufactured by EBM technology; however the lattice parameters used, e.g. truss length, can significantly affect cell response. It is essential that cells are able to penetrate through the lattice structures and adhere to the surfaces to enable bone ingrowth.