Nerve guide with structured filaments

Scanning electron microscope image (SEM) of a nerve guide with structured filaments (c) ITV-Denkendorf

New bone formation, titanium implant

New bone formation around a titanium implant coated with collagen type I in the rat tibia (HE, x16)

Biological reaction 1

Biological reaction around a titanium implant coated with collagen type I and chondroitin sulfate in the rat tibia (immunohistochemical staining against osteopontin in local bone and in osteoblasts directly at the implant border, x200). (Image /preparation in each case by S. Rammelt, S. Manthey, Dresden)

Bone screw

Scanning electronic image of a hydroxyapatite-coated titanium bone screw

Multinucleated cells with incorporated material particles

Multinucleated cells with incorporated material particles on the surface of a new resorbable bone cement

Multinucleated cells with incorporated material on the surface of a new resorbable bone cement

Newly formed bone

Newly formed bone marked with fluorescent dyes in the pores of a scaffold for tissue engineering. Newly form bone (fluorescent-labeled) in the pores of a scaffold for bone tissue engineering.

Synchrotron micro-CT of a titanium implant

Synchrotron micro-CT of a titanium implant in the rat tibia (image /preparation R. Bernhardt, Dresden; J. Goebbels, Berlin; S. Rammelt, Dresden)

Osteoblasts on a biomaterial surface

Electron microscope image of osteoblasts on a biomaterial surface

Electron microscopy of human osteoblasts on a biomaterial surface