AccScience Publishing / IJB / Online First / DOI: 10.36922/IJB026240243
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Design and manufacturing process research of 3D-printed field-driven metamaterial pelvic bone plate

Guoqing Zhang1* Xiaoyu Zhou1 Junxin Li2 Juanjuan Xie1 Yongsheng Zhou1 Aibing Huang3
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1 School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466000, Henan, China
2 Contract Section, State-owned Assets Management Office, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou 466000, Henan, China
3 Department of Orthopedics, Taizhou People’s Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University 225399, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China
Received: 8 June 2026 | Revised: 20 June 2026 | Accepted: 23 June 2026 | Published online: 24 June 2026
© 2026 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )
Abstract

To address the inherent limitations of conventional pelvic bone plates, including poor anatomical matching, unsatisfactory mechanical performance, excessive weight, and inadequate biocompatibility, this study aims to develop a personalized pelvic bone plate by integrating field-driven metamaterial design with three-dimensional (3D) printing. The methodology involves computed tomography (CT) imaging and Mimics software for reconstruction of the pelvic model, finite element simulation for topology optimization, and 3D printing for direct fabrication of the designed plate. The results demonstrate that the bone plate reconstructed from the pelvic fracture surface exhibits high anatomical fit. After topology optimization, the deformation of the bone plate increases by approximately 15%, accompanied by uniform stress distribution without obvious stress concentration. For the field-driven porous bone plate, the relative density of the porous structure increases with increasing local stress. The partially porous bone plate achieves a 30.77 % weight reduction while combining the favorable mechanical properties of solid plates with the biological potential of porous architectures. The 3D-printed personalized bone plate exhibits excellent forming quality, surface finish, and assembly fit. This study demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed structural design and 3D printing process, providing theoretical support and technical references for the subsequent development of high-performance personalized pelvic bone plates.

Keywords
3D printing
Pelvic bone plate
Topological optimization
Porous structure
Manufacturing quality
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International Journal of Bioprinting, Electronic ISSN: 2424-8002 Print ISSN: 2424-7723, Published by AccScience Publishing