A Novel Osteochondral Scaffold Fabricated via Multi-nozzle Low-temperature Deposition Manufacturing

A functional-region/separate-interface/single-cell-type of tissue engineering pathway was evaluated to regenerate osteochondral defects that are deep in the marrow cavity. A gradient osteochondral scaffold fabricated via a rapid prototyping technology, called multi-nozzle low-temperature deposition manufacturing, was composed of three parts with different materials and pore-structures, respectively, for bone, cartilage and a separate interface between them. The separate interface was composed of micro-pores, that were less than 5 urn and with low porosity, to reduce or to avoid the destruction of the micro-environment in vivo by preventing blood and cells and reducing the amount of oxygen and nutrients moving from the marrow cavity to the articulate marrow. The preliminary results after 6 weeks of implantation into 4 mm diameter osteochondral defects in the knee joints of rabbits showed that the defects with the scaffold/cells composition had bone-like or cartilage-like tissue filling the defects with smooth surface, while the defects with nothing (blank) showed only fibrous tissue.

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