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Fabrication of PCL Scaffolds According to Various Pore Patterns Using Polymer Deposition System and Design of Experiments

폴리머 적층 시스템과 실험계획법을 이용한 다양한 공극 패턴에 따른 PCL 인공지지체의 제작 연구

  • Sa, Min-Woo (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Andong Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Choi, Sun-Woong (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Andong Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Wook (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Andong Nat'l Univ.) ;
  • Kim, Jong Young (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Andong Nat'l Univ.)
  • Received : 2017.03.08
  • Accepted : 2017.04.04
  • Published : 2017.07.01

Abstract

In bone tissue engineering, polycaprolactone (PCL) is one of the most widely used biomaterials in the manufacturing of scaffolds as a synthetic polymer having biodegradability and biocompatibility. The strut width in the fabrication of scaffolds is an important part of tissue regeneration in in-vitro and in-vivo experiments, because it affects not only the pore size but also the porosity. In this study, we used polymer deposition system (PDS) and design of experiments (DOE) to explore the optimal process conditions to achieve a systematic and efficient scaffold manufacturing process, using temperature, pressure, scan velocity, and nozzle tip height as the parameters for the experiments. The aim of this research was to fabricate a 3D PCL scaffold having a uniform strut width of $150{\mu}m$ using DOE; it was proved that the strut width was constant in all the experimental groups by fabricating the PCL scaffolds according to various pore patterns as well as one pore pattern.

골 조직 공학에서 폴리카프로락톤(Polycaprolactone, PCL)은 생분해성 및 생체적합성의 합성고분자로서 인공지지체의 제작에 널리 이용되고 있는 생체재료 중 하나이다. 인공지지체의 제작에서 지지대폭은 생체 내/외 실험에서 공극 크기뿐만 아니라 공극률에도 영향을 미치기 때문에 지지대 폭을 일정하게 유지하는 것이 조직 재생에 중요하게 고려되는 부분이다. 본 연구에서는 온도, 공압, 이송 속도, 그리고 노즐 팁 높이를 이용하여 체계적이고 효율적인 인공지지체 제조 공정이 될 수 있도록 실험 계획법을 통해 최적 공정 조건을 탐색하였다. $150{\mu}m$ 지지대 폭을 가지는 PCL 인공지지체를 제작하는 것이 목표였으며, 한 가지의 공극 패턴이 아니라 다양한 공극 패턴에 따른 PCL 인공지지체를 제작하는 연구를 수행함으로써 모든 실험 그룹에서 지지대 폭이 일정함을 증명하였다.

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