Research Article

Design of an Artificial Femur Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering

Volume: 1 Number: 1 December 31, 2023
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Design of an Artificial Femur Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering

Abstract

With the technological developments in the field of bone tissue engineering, direct production of bone scaffolds by additive manufacturing method has become possible. This has led to the design of bone scaffolds in more complex structures and various interventions on pore sizes. In this study, a new and unique cellular unit design and bone scaffold suitable for additive manufacturing method was created for use in femoral shaft fractures. The lattice structure of the unit cell design was converted into a solid model in CAD environment first as a wireframe and then by sweeping in a circular cross section. The bone model obtained from the CT data of the femur bone was transferred to the nTopology software. Finally, cellular unit elements were applied to the bone geometry. An analysis model was prepared to measure the strength of the resulting scaffold. After determining the mechanical loads corresponding to the femur bone, the analysis was carried out.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Biomechanic

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

December 31, 2023

Publication Date

December 31, 2023

Submission Date

September 24, 2023

Acceptance Date

December 19, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 1 Number: 1

IEEE
[1]Y. Sağlam, H. Gökçe, N. Top, and İ. Şahin, “Design of an Artificial Femur Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering”, AJEAS, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1–9, Dec. 2023, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA32DW28SM

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