Personalized femoral component design and its direct manufacturing by selective laser melting

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to achieve rapid design and manufacturing of personalized total knee femoral component.

Design/methodology/approach

On the basis of a patient’s bone model, a matching personalized knee femoral component was rapidly designed with the help of computer-aided design method, then manufactured directly and rapidly by selective laser melting (SLM). Considered SLM as manufacturing technology, CoCrMo-alloyed powder that meets ASTM F75 standard is made of femoral component under optimal processing parameters. The feasibility of SLM forming through conducting experimental test of mechanical properties, surface roughness, biological corrosion resistance was analyzed.

Findings

The result showed that the tensile strength, yield strength, hardness and biological corrosion resistance of CoCrMo-alloyed personalized femoral component fulfill knee joint prosthesis standard through post-processing.

Originality/value

Traditional standardized prosthesis implantation manufacturing approach was changed by computer-aided design and personalized SLM direct manufacturing, and provided a new way for personalized implanted prosthesis to response manufacturing rapidly.

Citation

Song, C., Yang, Y., Wang, Y., Yu, J.-k. and Wang, D. (2016), "Personalized femoral component design and its direct manufacturing by selective laser melting", Rapid Prototyping Journal, Vol. 22 No. 2, pp. 330-337. https://doi.org/10.1108/RPJ-02-2014-0020