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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Exploratory Full-Field Mechanical Analysis across the Osteochondral Tissue-Biomaterial Interface in an Ovine Model.

Jeffrey N Clark, Agathe Heyraud, Saman Tavana, Talal Al-Jabri, Francesca Tallia, Brett Clark, Gordon W Blunn, Justin P Cobb, Ulrich Hansen, Julian R Jones and 1 more

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jeffrey N ClarkDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0118-3999
Agathe HeyraudDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Saman TavanaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0008-7874
Talal Al-JabriDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Francesca TalliaDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1866-6244
Brett ClarkImaging and Analysis Centre, Natural History Museum London, London SW7 5BD, UK.
Gordon W BlunnSchool of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 2DT, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2141-7385
Justin P CobbDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Ulrich HansenDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Julian R JonesDepartment of Materials, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2647-8024
Jonathan R T JeffersDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8496-6889

Funding

Department of Health NIHR300013Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/N025059/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteochondral injuries are increasingly prevalent, yet success in articular cartilage regeneration remains elusive, necessitating the development of new surgical interventions and novel medical devices. As part of device development, animal models are an important milestone in illustrating functionality of novel implants. Inspection of the tissue-biomaterial system is vital to understand and predict load-sharing capacity, fixation mechanics and micromotion, none of which are directly captured by traditional post-mortem techniques. This study aims to characterize the localised mechanics of an ex vivo ovine osteochondral tissue-biomaterial system extracted following six weeks in vivo testing, utilising laboratory micro-computed tomography, in situ loading and digital volume correlation. Herein, the full-field displacement and strain distributions were visualised across the interface of the system components, including newly formed tissue. The results from this exploratory study suggest that implant micromotion in respect to the surrounding tissue could be visualised in 3D across multiple loading steps. The methodology provides a non-destructive means to assess device performance holistically, informing device design to improve osteochondral regeneration strategies.

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biomaterialscartilage regenerationdigital volume correlationin situ mechanicsmicro-CTphase-contrast imagingtissue-biomaterial interfacetissue regenerationX-ray computed tomography

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PMID32899671
PMCPMC7559087

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