Structural-Geometric Functionalization of the Additively Manufactured Prototype of Biomimetic Multispiked Connecting Ti-Alloy Scaffold for Entirely Noncemented Resurfacing Arthroplasty Endoprostheses

Figure 3

The 2D view (a) and the 3D representation (b) of the exemplary region of the MSC-Scaffold prototype scanned with the confocal microscope (this corresponds with the sector marked with Roman numeral I on the acetabular component of prototype of the THRA endoprosthesis, see Figure 1(b)); the exemplary profile through the spikes’ peaks at which the effective height H_ef of spikes and the radius R_x of the spikes’ bases were measured (c).

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