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Selective Laser Sintering of Polycaprolactone Bone Tissue Engineering Scaffolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Brock Partee ,
Scott J. Hollister  and
Suman Das
Brock Partee
Affiliation:
Mechanical, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, U.S.A.
Scott J. Hollister
Affiliation:
Mechanical, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, U.S.A. Biomedical Engineering Departments, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, U.S.A.
Suman Das
Affiliation:
Mechanical, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Present tissue engineering practice requires porous, bioresorbable scaffolds to serve as temporary 3D templates to guide cell attachment, differentiation, and proliferation. Recent research suggests that scaffold material and internal architecture significantly influence regenerate tissue structure and function. However, lack of versatile biomaterials processing methods have slowed progress towards fully testing these findings. Our research investigates using selective laser sintering (SLS) to fabricate bone tissue engineering scaffolds. Using SLS, we have fabricated polycaprolactone (PCL) and polycaprolactone/tri-calcium phosphate composite scaffolds. We report on scaffold design and fabrication, mechanical property measurements, and structural characterization via optical microscopy and micro-computed tomography.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 845: Symposium AA – Nanoscale Materials Science in Biology and Medicine , 2004 , AA9.9
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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