Fabrication and Optimisation of Ti-6Al-4V Lattice-Structured Total Shoulder Implants Using Laser Additive Manufacturing

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Mahmoud Ahmadein¹  Nashmi H. Alrasheedi¹  Naser A. Alsaleh¹  Hossam Mohamed Eldessouky²  Mahmoud Ahmed El-Sayed²  Hany Hassanin³  Oliver Bittredge⁴  Khamis Essa⁴ 

[1] College of Engineering, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia;Department of Industrial Engineering, Arab Academy for Science Technology and Maritime, Alexandria 21599, Egypt;School of Engineering, Technology, and Design, Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury CT1 1QU, UK;School of Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B152TT, UK;

关键词: additive manufacturing;    laser powder bed fusion;    lattice optimisation;    Young’s modulus;    orthopaedic implants;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma15093095

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This work aimed to study one of the most important challenges in orthopaedic implantations, known as stress shielding of total shoulder implants. This problem arises from the elastic modulus mismatch between the implant and the surrounding tissue, and can result in bone resorption and implant loosening. This objective was addressed by designing and optimising a cellular-based lattice-structured implant to control the stiffness of a humeral implant stem used in shoulder implant applications. This study used a topology lattice-optimisation tool to create different cellular designs that filled the original design of a shoulder implant, and were further analysed using finite element analysis (FEA). A laser powder bed fusion technique was used to fabricate the Ti-6Al-4V test samples, and the obtained material properties were fed to the FEA model. The optimised cellular design was further fabricated using powder bed fusion, and a compression test was carried out to validate the FEA model. The yield strength, elastic modulus, and surface area/volume ratio of the optimised lattice structure, with a strut diameter of 1 mm, length of 5 mm, and 100% lattice percentage in the design space of the implant model were found to be 200 MPa, 5 GPa, and 3.71 mm⁻¹, respectively. The obtained properties indicated that the proposed cellular structure can be effectively applied in total shoulder-replacement surgeries. Ultimately, this approach should lead to improvements in patient mobility, as well as to reducing the need for revision surgeries due to implant loosening.

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