Prototype of a Biomimetic Multi-Spiked Connecting Scaffold for a New Generation of Resurfacing Endoprostheses

Presents the prototype of the multi-spiked connecting scaffold for a new generation of resurfacing endoprostheses of the knee and the hip.

Explains this prototype scaffold as the first worldwide design of the biomimetic fixation of components of diarthrodial joints resurfacing endoprostheses.

Insights into the entire process of bioengineering design and research on this novel way of resurfacing endoprostheses fixation.

Reviews main results of the scaffold prototyping and SLM manufacturing, structural and osteoconductive functionalization, and surface modification.

Reports experimental and numerical investigations of mechanical behavior of the scaffold-bone system, in cell culture studies, and pilot surgical experiments in animal model.