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Design Of A New 3d‐Printed Joint Plug, Lobat Tayebi, Zhanfeng Cui, Hua Ye
Design Of A New 3d‐Printed Joint Plug, Lobat Tayebi, Zhanfeng Cui, Hua Ye
School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications
This paper introduces a kit of parts as a novel three‐dimensional (3D)–printed joint plug, in which each of the parts function cooperatively to treat cartilage damage in joints of the human body (e.g., hips, wrists, elbow, knee, and ankle). Three required and one optional parts are involved in this plug. The first part is a 3D‐printed hard scaffold (bone portion) to accommodate bone cells, and the second is a 3D‐printed soft scaffold (cartilage portion) overlying the bone portion to accommodate chondrocytes. The third part of joint plug is a permeable membrane, termed film, to cover the entire plug to provide …