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Bioresorbable Composite Bone Fracture Repair Plates: Manufacture and Characterisation

I. AHMED, N. HAN, A. QURESHI, A. PARSONS, C. SCOTCHFORD, B. SCAMMELL, C. RUDD

Abstract



This study reports on Bioresorbable composites manufactured using PLA as matrix and phosphate-based glass fibres as reinforcement. Composites were manufactured with varying volume fraction (from 25% - 45%) and mechanically tested.

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