title: Selective laser sintering in biomedical engineering.
abstract: Selective laser sintering (SLS) is a solid freeform fabrication technique, developed by Carl Deckard for his master's thesis at the University of Texas, patented in 1989. SLS manufacturing is a technique that produces physical models through a selective solidification of a variety of fine powders. SLS technology is getting a great amount of attention in the clinical field. In this paper the characteristics features of SLS and the materials that have been developed for are reviewed together with a discussion on the principles of the above-mentioned manufacturing technique. The applications of SLS in tissue engineering, and at-large in the biomedical field, are reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Scienze e Ingegneria della Materia, dell'Ambiente ed Urbanistica SIMAU, Faculty of Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy. a.mazzoli@univpm.it
authors.forename: Alida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzoli
mesh_terms: D001698:Biomedical Engineering; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes