An Introduction of New Artificial Bone Unit “Tetra-Bone”

Autor: Teraoka, Kay, Tei, Yuichi, Sasaki, Nobuo, Suzuki, Shigeru, Takane, Katsuhisa
Zdroj: Key Engineering Materials; November 2007, Vol. 361 Issue: 1 p163-166, 4p
Abstrakt: We fabricated a small α-TCP ceramic unit having four pods, named “Tetra-bone” employing a ceramic injection molding. Tetra-bone can keep uniform concave geometry among the pods as well as immobilizing each other. Owing to the monotony of Tetra-bone, weight of Tetrabones used can be converted into the number of Tetra-bones, volume that can be filled with Tetrabones, and the number of functional structures. By using Tetra-bones, bone defects can be filled with intentional geometry that helps to discuss the relation between geometric features of pores and bone formation.
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