Rapid manufacturing of degradable porous polymer bone scaffold
Shi, T.; Yue, X.; Xiong, Z.; Zhang, R.; Yan, Y.
Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi 19(2): 348-349
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 1001-5515 PMID: 12224317 Document Number: 551519
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.