Unit cell-based computer-aided manufacturing system for tissue engineering
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- Title
- Unit cell-based computer-aided manufacturing system for tissue engineering
- Authors
- Kang, HW; Park, JH; Kang, TY; Seol, YJ; Cho, DW
- Date Issued
- 2012-03
- Publisher
- IOP PUBLISHING LTD
- Abstract
- Scaffolds play an important role in the regeneration of artificial tissues or organs. A scaffold is a porous structure with a micro-scale inner architecture in the range of several to several hundreds of micrometers. Therefore, computer-aided construction of scaffolds should provide sophisticated functionality for porous structure design and a tool path generation strategy that can achieve micro-scale architecture. In this study, a new unit cell-based computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) system was developed for the automated design and fabrication of a porous structure with micro-scale inner architecture that can be applied to composite tissue regeneration. The CAM system was developed by first defining a data structure for the computing process of a unit cell representing a single pore structure. Next, an algorithm and software were developed and applied to construct porous structures with a single or multiple pore design using solid freeform fabrication technology and a 3D tooth/spine computer-aided design model. We showed that this system is quite feasible for the design and fabrication of a scaffold for tissue engineering.
- Keywords
- SCAFFOLD ARCHITECTURE; PATH GENERATION; PORE-SIZE; DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/16628
- DOI
- 10.1088/1758-5082/4/1/015005
- ISSN
- 1758-5082
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- BIOFABRICATION, vol. 4, no. 1, page. 15005 - 15005, 2012-03
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