Researchers Progress Towards Building Hybrid Materials for 3D Printed Implants

A team of researchers from TU Delft have developed hybrid materials which can be used to 3D Print Hip Implants with enhanced bone growth and increased life-span. The new implant will combine a conventional meta-biomaterial with an auxetic one, a complex stretching property. These 3D Printed Hybrid Implants are expected to have greater longevity and fix better than current hip implants.

 

Source: https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2017/tu-delft/tu-delft-researchers-develop-hybrid-meta-biomaterial-that-can-prolong-lifespan-of-hip-implants/