A three-dimensional block structure consisting exclusively of carbon nanotubes serving as bone regeneration scaffold and as bone defect filler

• Manabu Tanaka,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Yoshinori Sato,

  Affiliation Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-20, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

  ⨯
• Hisao Haniu,

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan, Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Hiroki Nomura,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Shinsuke Kobayashi,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Seiji Takanashi,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Masanori Okamoto,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Takashi Takizawa,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Kaoru Aoki,

  Affiliation Department of Applied Physical Therapy, Shinshu University School of Health Sciences, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Yuki Usui,

  Affiliation Aizawa Hospital Sports Medicine Center, Honjou 2-5-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Ayumu Oishi,

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Hiroyuki Kato,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯
• Naoto Saito

  * E-mail: saitoko@shinshu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge Research, Shinshu University, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto, Japan

  ⨯