Ágnes Éva Kovács, Zoltán Csernátony, Loránd Csámer, Gábor Méhes, Dániel Szabó, Mihály Veres, Mihály Braun, Balázs Harangi, Norbert Serbán, Lei Zhang, György Falk, Hajnalka Soósné Horváth, Sándor Manó
In this study, metal 3D printing technology was used to create lattice-shaped test specimens of orthopedic implants to determine the effect of different lattice shapes on bone ingrowth. Six different lattice shapes were used: gyroid, cube, cylinder, tetrahedron, double pyramid, and Voronoi. The lattice-structured implants were produced from Ti6Al4V alloy using direct metal laser sintering 3D printing technology with an EOS M290 printer. The implants were implanted into the femoral condyles of sheep, and the animals were euthanized 8 and 12 weeks after surgery...
May 20, 2023: Materials