University of Liverpool
Liverpool · GB · publishing in AM since 2000
LPBF of porous titanium bone scaffolds and medical implants
Chris Sutcliffe is Professor of Advanced Manufacturing at the University of Liverpool and one of the earliest UK academics to pursue laser powder bed fusion research, beginning work in this area around 2000. His group has focused on the design and manufacture of porous titanium structures for orthopaedic implants, demonstrating that LPBF-produced Ti-6Al-4V scaffolds with controlled porosity gradients promote bone ingrowth in in-vivo studies. He contributed to some of the earliest characterisation work on surface roughness, strut geometry deviation, and fatigue performance of as-built LPBF lattices relevant to load-bearing implants. Sutcliffe has collaborated with Stryker, DePuy Synthes, and the NHS on translational programmes bringing AM implants from research to clinical evaluation. He has also published on the process limits of LPBF for very fine features and overhang structures critical to scaffold design.
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