Processing and characterization of porous alumina scaffolds |
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Authors: | Susmita Bose Jens Darsell Howard L. Hosick Lihua Yang Dipak K. Sarkar Amit Bandyopadhyay |
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Affiliation: | (1) School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, USA;(2) School of Biological Sciences and Molecular Biosciences, USA;(3) College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-2920, USA |
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Abstract: | Bioceramic materials are used for the reconstruction or replacement of the damaged parts of the human body. In this study an improved procedure is described for producing ceramic scaffolds with controlled porosity. Bioinert alumina ceramic was used to make porous scaffolds by using indirect fused deposition modeling (FDM), a commercially available rapid prototyping (RP) technique. Porous alumina samples were coated with hydroxyapatite (HAp) to increase the biocompatibility of the scaffolds. Initial biological responses of the porous alumina scaffolds were assessed in vitro using rat pituitary tumor cells (PR1). Both porous alumina and HAp coated alumina ceramics provided favorable sites for cell attachments in a physiological solution at 37 °C, which suggests that these materials would promote good bonding while used as bone implants in vivo. Based on these preliminary studies, similar tests were performed with human osteosarcoma cells. Cell proliferation studies show that both the ceramic materials can potentially provide a non-toxic surface for bone bonding when implanted in vivo. |
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