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International Journal of Bioprinting Design of dual-unit porous scaffold

Table 2. Design equations of dual-unit continuous transition connected porous scaffolds
Scaffolds Equations
[cos() cos( )cos()ax ay az ]C
P-G 1
[cos()cos( )cos() siax ay az nn( )sin()sin( )ax ay az C ]
2
[cos()cos( )cos() sin( )sin()sin( )ax ay az ax ay az ]C
G-P 1
[cos(aax)cos() cos( ay az) C]
2
[cos() sin( )cos()sin( )cos()sin( )ax ay ay az az ax ]C
G-D 1
[coss( )cos()cos( )sin()sin( )sin()ax ay az ax ay az C ]
2
[cos()cos( )cos() sin( )sin()sin( )ax ay ay az ay az ]C
D-G 1
[cos(aax)sin() cos( ay)sin() cos( az)sin() C]
ay
az
ax
2
[cos() cos( )cos()ax ay az ]C
P-D 1
[cos()sin( )cos()siax ay ay n n( )cos()sin( )az az ax C ]
2
[cos() sin( )cos()sin( )cos()sin( )ax ay ay az az ax ]C
D-P 1
[coss( )cos() cos( )ax ay az C ]
2
with particle size of 15–53 μm was purchased for preparing with anhydrous ethanol in an ultrasonic cleaning container
porous scaffolds. Selective laser melting equipment (SLM to remove the unmelted metal powder on the surface.
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125HL) developed by German SLM solutions company The prepared samples were measured by Archimedes
was used to prepare the scaffolds. The process parameters drainage method to calculate the porosity of the scaffolds.
are shown in Table 3. The prepared scaffolds were cleaned The calculation formula is as follows:

Figure 2. (A) The directly connected dual-unit scaffolds designed in previous work. (B) The continuous transition dual-unit connected porous scaffold
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models designed in this work.

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