Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM)(= 3D printing) and rational design techniques have
enabled development of meta-biomaterials with unprecedented combinations of …

The geometry of porous scaffolds that are used for bone tissue engineering and/or bone
substitution has recently been shown to significantly influence the cellular response and the …

Selective laser melting (SLM) is an additive manufacturing technique with the ability to
produce metallic scaffolds with accurately controlled pore size, porosity, and …

The medical device industry's interest in open porous, metallic biomaterials has increased in
response to additive manufacturing techniques enabling the production of complex shapes …

Metals have been used for orthopedic implants for a long time due to their excellent
mechanical properties. With the rapid development of additive manufacturing (AM) …

Additively manufactured (AM,= 3D printed) porous metallic biomaterials with topologically
ordered unit cells have created a lot of excitement and are currently receiving a lot of …

The Voronoi design was utilized for a biodegradable patient-specific bone scaffold with
macro pores (> 4 mm) for the surgical treatment of a critical-sized bone defect. We have …

Functionally Graded Scaffolds (FGSs) are porous biomaterials where porosity changes in
space with a specific gradient. In spite of their wide use in bone tissue engineering, possible …

In nature, many natural porous tissues of animals or plants follow heterogeneous structures
pattern. Including turtle back pattern, leaf veins, wood porous fiber and porous cancellous …

The occurrence of an implant-associated infection (IAI) with the formation of a persisting
bacterial biofilm remains a major risk following orthopedic biomaterial implantation. Yet …