Development of Bioabsorbable Interference Screws: How Biomaterials Composition and Clinical and Retrieval Studies Influence the Innovative Screw Design and Manufacturing Processes - Biologically Responsive Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering - page 126

Fig. 6.16 Equivalent von-Mises stress for tendon for the fixation with a 25°/30° interference
screw

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Fig. 6.17 FT-IR spectra of the biocomposite materials (70% PDLLA + 30% b-TCP) used for
manufacturing innovative interference screw

the material properties, as well as the particular structure of cancellous and
cortical bone.
Conical profile makes the screw easily inserted, providing also a superior fit
resulting in a progressive increase in diameter. At insertion, the screw engages in the