期刊
ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
卷 45, 期 1, 页码 249-260出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-016-1673-8
关键词
Additive manufacturing; LENS (TM); Porous Ti; TiO2 Nanotubes; Osseointegration
资金
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases of the National Institutes of Health [R01 AR067306-01A1, R01 AR066361-01A1]
Applications of porous metallic implants to enhance osseointegration of load-bearing implants are increasing. In this work, porous titanium implants, with 25 vol.% porosity, were manufactured using Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS (TM)) to measure the influence of porosity towards bone tissue integration in vivo. Surfaces of the LENS (TM) processed porous Ti implants were further modified with TiO2 nanotubes to improve cytocompatibility of these implants. We hypothesized that interconnected porosity created via additive manufacturing will enhance bone tissue integration in vivo. To test our hypothesis, in vivo experiments using a distal femur model of male Sprague-Dawley rats were performed for a period of 4 and 10 weeks. In vivo samples were characterized via micro-computed tomography (CT), histological imaging, scanning electron microscopy, and mechanical push-out tests. Our results indicate that porosity played an important role to establish early stage osseointegration forming strong interfacial bonding between the porous implants and the surrounding tissue, with or without surface modification, compared to dense Ti implants used as a control.
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