Nowadays,as rising research on biomaterials,the artificial bone scaffold has become the most important part of the study.Moreover,metallic materials have been applied on the artificial bone scaffold; but its high rigidity causes the stress shielding effect in bones.To improve the disadvantages of metallic materials and pursue their better mechanical properties,304 stainless steel fibers have multi-layer braided into the 3D stainless-steel braid with porous structure and better mechanical properties,using braiding machine.In multi-layer braiding process,with the constant number of take-up gear and varying number of braid gear,the 3D stainless-steel braid was manufactured.Afterwards,its braiding structure and angle were observed by stereo microscope.Also,the optimal braiding parameters can be acquired from tensile strength test.
stainless steel braid artificial bone scaffold
Jia-Horng Lin Ching-Wen Lin Yueh-Sheng Chen Chien-Lin Huang Wen-Cheng Chen Ching-Wen Lou
Laboratory of Fiber Application and Manufacturing, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials,Feng Department of Fashion Design, Asia University, Taichung 41354, Taiwan, R.O.C. Department of Biomedical Imaging and Radiological Science, China Medical University, Taichung 40402, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Chia University, Taichung City 407, Taiwan,R.O.C. Advanced Medical Devices and Composite Laboratory, Department of Fiber and Composite Materials, Feng Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Material Science, Central Taiwan University of Science and T