Next Generation Orthopaedic Implants by Additive Manufacturing Using Electron Beam Melting

<table>Tibial (knee) Ti-6Al-4V stem, monolithic prototype development example. (a) CAD model orientation with respect to the solid stem (core) axis. Mesh structure is based on dode-thin element in Figure <a href="../fig2/#a">2(a)</a>. (b) EBM-fabricated prototype using CAD model in (a). (c) CAD model in (a) rotated 45°.</table>

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Figure 8: Next Generation Orthopaedic Implants by Additive Manufacturing Using Electron Beam Melting 