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Master thesis – New inks for 3D multi-material inkjet printing of personalized implants<\/h3>\n

Improving the life quality of Europe\u2019s increasingly elderly population is one of the most pressing challenges our society faces today. The need to treat age-related degenerative changes in e.g. articular joints or dental defects will boost the market opportunities for tissue regeneration products like implants. 3D printing has the potential to revolutionize the healthcare system by providing highly sophisticated, tissue engineered implants personalized to the patient. State of the art 3D printing technologies can provide biocompatible implants with the right macroscopic shape to fit a patient-specific tissue defect. However, for a real functionality, there is a need for new biomaterials, technologies and processes<\/em><\/strong> that additionally allow the fabrication of an inner multi-material microstructure that induces tissue-specific regeneration. Among the different available technologies for tissue engineering applications, 3D multi-material inkjet printing<\/strong> has an immense potential to address the complexity required for implant inner microstructure fabrication. However, the advance of this technology is mainly hindered by the lack of inks<\/em><\/strong> that exhibit the required properties to be used in a multi-material process.<\/p>\n

PROFACTOR is an applied research center located in Steyr. We conduct research in the field of industrial assistive systems and additive micro\/nano manufacturing. Our team consists of around 70 employees from 15 different academic fields. We work across disciplines to find solutions for the manufacturing industry and set standards in robotics, machine vision, simulation, 3D printing, functional surfaces and nanostructures.<\/p>\n

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Your tasks<\/h3>\n

The goals of this thesis are:<\/p>\n