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Cox, Sophie C.
University of Birmingham
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- 2024A genetic algorithm optimization framework for the characterization of hyper-viscoelastic materials
- 2023Tailoring absorptivity of highly reflective Ag powders by pulsed-direct current magnetron sputtering for additive manufacturing processescitations
- 2023Tailoring absorptivity of highly reflective Ag powders by pulsed-direct current magnetron sputtering for additive manufacturing processescitations
- 2022Surface Free Energy Dominates the Biological Interactions of Postprocessed Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4Vcitations
- 2022Controlled Release of Epigenetically-Enhanced Extracellular Vesicles from a GelMA/Nanoclay Composite Hydrogel to Promote Bone Repaircitations
- 2022The influence of thermal oxidation on the microstructure, fatigue properties, tribological and in vitro behaviour of laser powder bed fusion manufactured Ti-34 Nb-13Ta-5Zr-0.2O alloycitations
- 2022Development, characterisation, and modelling of processability of nitinol stents using laser powder bed fusioncitations
- 2022Photocurable antimicrobial silk-based hydrogels for corneal repaircitations
- 2021Surface finish of additively manufactured metalscitations
- 2021Biofilm viability checkercitations
- 2020Optimizing the antimicrobial performance of metallic glass composites through surface texturingcitations
- 2020Selective laser melting of Ti-6Al-4V: the impact of post-processing on the tensile, fatigue and biological properties for medical implant applicationscitations
- 2020Selective laser melting of ti-6al-4vcitations
- 2019Dynamic viscoelastic characterisation of human osteochondral tissuecitations
- 2018Formulation and viscoelasticity of mineralised hydrogels for use in bone-cartilage interfacial reconstructioncitations
- 2018The role of subchondral bone, and its histomorphology, on the dynamic viscoelasticity of cartilage, bone and osteochondral corescitations
- 2018Tailoring selective laser melting process for titanium drug-delivering implants with releasing micro-channelscitations
- 2016Adding functionality with additive manufacturing : fabrication of titanium-based antibiotic eluting implantscitations
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Adding functionality with additive manufacturing : fabrication of titanium-based antibiotic eluting implants
Abstract
Additive manufacturing technologies have been utilised in healthcare to create patient-specific implants. This study demonstrates the potential to add new implant functionality by further exploiting the design flexibility of these technologies. Selective laser melting was used to manufacture titanium-based (Ti-6Al-4V) implants containing a reservoir. Pore channels, connecting the implant surface to the reservoir, were incorporated to facilitate antibiotic delivery. An injectable brushite, calcium phosphate cement, was formulated as a carrier vehicle for gentamicin. Incorporation of the antibiotic significantly (p=0.01) improved the compressive strength (5.8±0.7MPa) of the cement compared to non-antibiotic samples. The controlled release of gentamicin sulphate from the calcium phosphate cement injected into the implant reservoir was demonstrated in short term elution studies using ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. Orientation of the implant pore channels were shown, using micro-computed tomography, to impact design reproducibility and the back-pressure generated during cement injection which ultimately altered porosity. The amount of antibiotic released from all implant designs over a 6hour period (<28% of the total amount) were found to exceed the minimum inhibitory concentrations of Staphylococcus aureus (16μg/mL) and Staphylococcus epidermidis (1μg/mL); two bacterial species commonly associated with periprosthetic infections. Antibacterial efficacy was confirmed against both bacterial cultures using an agar diffusion assay. Interestingly, pore channel orientation was shown to influence the directionality of inhibition zones. Promisingly, this work demonstrates the potential to additively manufacture a titanium-based antibiotic eluting implant, which is an attractive alternative to current treatment strategies of periprosthetic infections.