High Value Manufacturing – Bártolo et al. (Eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00137-4
Overview on additive manufacturing techniques for scaffold-based
cartilage tissue engineering
R.C. Santos, H.A. Almeida & P.J. Bartolo
Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRsp), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
ABSTRACT: Articular cartilage damage is of great concern as it creates discomfort, chronic pain and reduction
of joint movement, ultimately leading to Osteoarthritis. To date no definitive treatment has been developed
to stop and reverse the disease course, despite the numerous attempts. The resulting healing tissues lack the
structural organization of cartilage and consequently have inferior mechanical