Femtosecond laser microstructuring of titanium surfaces for middle ear ossicular replacement prosthesis-results of preliminary studies

verfasst von
S. Biedron, J. F.R. Ilgner, E. Fadeeva, B. Chichkov, A. Prescher, M. Bovi, M. Westhofen
Abstract

The objective of this study was to optimize titanium surfaces by means of Ti:Sapphire femtosecond laser to improve the attachment of human cartilage cells on titanium prosthesis in middle ear surgery. The application of microstructures on titanium samples was evaluated and the influence of these microstructures on human auricular chondrocytes was studied in-vitro. After establishing the ear chondrocyte cell culture, cells were seeded on titanium platelets with selected microstructure patterns. Whereas the phenotype of cells seeded on unstructured titanium was similar to cells grown on standard tissue culture surfaces, the morphology of chondrocytes grown on structured titanium samples was influenced by the pattern. For future titanium middle ear prosthesis structural optimizations will be developed to promote chondrocyte growth and adhesion while impeding fibrocyte proliferation to avoid scarring on implant interfaces.

Externe Organisation(en)
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH)
Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH)
Typ
Aufsatz in Konferenzband
Publikationsdatum
17.07.2009
Publikationsstatus
Veröffentlicht
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Instrumentierung, Atom- und Molekularphysik sowie Optik
Elektronische Version(en)
https://doi.org/DOI:10.1117/12.831883 (Zugang: Geschlossen)