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The development of a modular design workflow for 3D printable bioresorbable patient-specific bone scaffolds to facilitate clinical translation

Buddhi Heratha Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;d Jamieson Trauma Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8614-1290View further author information
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Markus Laubacha Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;e Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Musculoskeletal University Center Munich (MUM), LMU University Hospital, Munich, GermanyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3451-1445View further author information
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Sinduja Suresha Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;f Biomechanics and Spine Research Group at the Center for Children's Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0462-7762View further author information
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Beat Schmutza Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;d Jamieson Trauma Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2362-5762View further author information
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J. Paige Littlea Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;f Biomechanics and Spine Research Group at the Center for Children's Health Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8377-5343View further author information
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Prasad K. D. V. Yarlagaddaa Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;g School of Engineering, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7026-4795View further author information
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Dietmar W. Hutmachera Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;h Max Planck Queensland Centre for the Materials Science of Extracellular Matrices, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Marie-Luise Willea Australian Research Council Training Centre for Multiscale 3D Imaging, Modelling, and Manufacturing, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;b Centre for Biomedical Technologies, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;c School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia;h Max Planck Queensland Centre for the Materials Science of Extracellular Matrices, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4962-7587View further author information
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Article: e2246434 | Received 30 May 2023, Accepted 01 Aug 2023, Published online: 05 Sep 2023

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