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[Rapid manufacturing of degradable porous polymer bone scaffold]
Tingchun Shi1, Xiuyan Yue, Zhuo Xiong
1Laser Rapid Prototyping Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084.
Abstract:
Making bone scaffold through tissue engineering method presents a new choice for both the patients and the doctors of orthopaedics. The biodegradable polymer PLA is chosen to make porous fundus scaffold jetting through special designed nozzle on multi-functional rapid prototyping machine controlled by computer according to the CT data CAD model. The scaffold is then chemically aggregated to compound with collagen-hydroxyapatite, and the ideal bone repair material is obtained. Animal experiment has indicated the correctness of this conclusion.