Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A Review
Over the last few decades, polymers and their composites have shown a lot of promises in providing more viable alternatives to surgical procedures that require scaffolds and implants. With the advancement in biomaterial technologies, it is possible to overcome the limitations of current methods, inc...
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| description | Over the last few decades, polymers and their composites have shown a lot of promises in providing more viable alternatives to surgical procedures that require scaffolds and implants. With the advancement in biomaterial technologies, it is possible to overcome the limitations of current methods, including auto-transplantation, xeno-transplantation, and the implantation of artificial mechanical organs used to treat musculoskeletal conditions. The risks associated with these methods include complications, secondary injuries, and limited sources of donors. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has the potential to resolve some of these limitations. It can be used for the fabrication of tailored tissue-engineering scaffolds, and implants, repairing tissue defects in situ with cells, or even printing tissues and organs directly. In addition to perfectly matching the patient’s damaged tissue, printed biomaterials can have engineered microstructures and cellular arrangements to promote cell growth and differentiation. As a result, such biomaterials allow the desired tissue repair to be achieved, and could eventually alleviate the shortage of organ donors. As such, this paper provides an overview of different 3D-printed polymers and their composites for orthopedic applications reported in the literature since 2010. For the benefit of the readers, general information regarding the material, the type of manufacturing method, and the biomechanical tests are also reported. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aea6c0eab5024c1ca4e9923d59ca50972023-11-23T17:02:17ZengMDPI AGJournal of Composites Science2504-477X2022-09-016926210.3390/jcs6090262Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A ReviewKunal Manoj Gide0Sabrina Islam1Z. Shaghayegh Bagheri2Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030, USADepartment of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030, USAOver the last few decades, polymers and their composites have shown a lot of promises in providing more viable alternatives to surgical procedures that require scaffolds and implants. With the advancement in biomaterial technologies, it is possible to overcome the limitations of current methods, including auto-transplantation, xeno-transplantation, and the implantation of artificial mechanical organs used to treat musculoskeletal conditions. The risks associated with these methods include complications, secondary injuries, and limited sources of donors. Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology has the potential to resolve some of these limitations. It can be used for the fabrication of tailored tissue-engineering scaffolds, and implants, repairing tissue defects in situ with cells, or even printing tissues and organs directly. In addition to perfectly matching the patient’s damaged tissue, printed biomaterials can have engineered microstructures and cellular arrangements to promote cell growth and differentiation. As a result, such biomaterials allow the desired tissue repair to be achieved, and could eventually alleviate the shortage of organ donors. As such, this paper provides an overview of different 3D-printed polymers and their composites for orthopedic applications reported in the literature since 2010. For the benefit of the readers, general information regarding the material, the type of manufacturing method, and the biomechanical tests are also reported.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-477X/6/9/2623D printingpolymer compositesbio-compositesimplantsscaffoldstissue engineering |
| spellingShingle | Kunal Manoj Gide Sabrina Islam Z. Shaghayegh Bagheri Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A Review Journal of Composites Science 3D printing polymer composites bio-composites implants scaffolds tissue engineering |
| title | Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A Review |
| title_full | Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A Review |
| title_short | Polymer-Based Materials Built with Additive Manufacturing Methods for Orthopedic Applications: A Review |
| title_sort | polymer based materials built with additive manufacturing methods for orthopedic applications a review |
| topic | 3D printing polymer composites bio-composites implants scaffolds tissue engineering |
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