ReviewHeliyon2021
Additive manufacturing of Ti6Al4V alloy via electron beam melting for the development of implants for the biomedical industry.
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23 citing papers in PubMed.
- Custom-made acetabular implants for severe acetabular bone defects: implant evolution, mid-term clinical and radiographic outcomes, and complications in 154 consecutive patients over 18 years.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2026Article
- Three-Dimensional Printing of a Spinal Interbody: Design Principles, Biomaterials, and Translational Considerations.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2026Review
- Alloy Selection and Manufacturing Technologies for Total Ankle Arthroplasty: A Narrative Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Evaluation of the influence of connection configuration on the implant-abutment interface vertical misfit of original milled titanium and laser-sintered cobalt-chromium abutments.Clinical oral investigations · 2025Article
- Application of 3D‑printed porous titanium interbody fusion cage vs. polyether ether ketone interbody fusion cage in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: A systematic review and meta‑analysis update.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2024Article
- Application of Reversible Four-Dimensional Printing of Shape Memory Alloys and Shape Memory Polymers in Structural Engineering: A State-of-the-Art Review.3D printing and additive manufacturing · 2024Review
- Individualized megaimplants in acetabular revision arthroplasty: what have we learned in the last 15 years?EFORT open reviews · 2024Review
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- The Effect of Solution Treatment Duration on the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of a Cold-Deformed-by-Rolling Ti-Nb-Zr-Ta-Sn-Fe Alloy.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Fretting and Fretting Corrosion Behavior of Additively Manufactured Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-Nb-Zr Alloys in Air and Physiological Solutions.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2024Article
- Healthy and diabetic primary human osteoblasts exhibit varying phenotypic profiles in high and low glucose environments on 3D-printed titanium surfaces.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
- Total Talar Prosthesis, Learning from Experience, Two Reports of Total Talar Prosthesis after Talar Extrusion and Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Impact of Beam Deflection Geometry on the Surface Architecture and Mechanical Properties of Electron-Beam-Modified TC4 Titanium Alloy.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The State of the Art in Machining Additively Manufactured Titanium Alloy Ti-6Al-4V.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Metallic Coatings through Additive Manufacturing: A Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Oxidation Kinetics of Ti-6Al-4V Alloys by Conventional and Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Functional engineering strategies of 3D printed implants for hard tissue replacement.Regenerative biomaterials · 2023Review
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- Investigation of MAO Coatings Characteristics on Titanium Products Obtained by EBM Method Using Additive Manufacturing.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Additive Manufacturing (AM) or rapid prototyping technologies are presented as one of the best options to produce customized prostheses and implants with high-level requirements in terms of complex geometries, mechanical properties, and short production times. The AM method that has been more investigated to obtain metallic implants for medical and biomedical use is Electron Beam Melting (EBM), which is based on the powder bed fusion technique. One of the most common metals employed to manufacture medical implants is titanium. Although discovered in 1790, titanium and its alloys only started to be used as engineering materials for biomedical prostheses after the 1950s. In the biomedical field, these materials have been mainly employed to facilitate bone adhesion and fixation, as well as for joint replacement surgeries, thanks to their good chemical, mechanical, and biocompatibility properties. Therefore, this study aims to collect relevant and up-to-date information from an exhaustive literature review on EBM and its applications in the medical and biomedical fields. This AM method has become increasingly popular in the manufacturing sector due to its great versatility and geometry control.
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