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An ideal artificial bone scaffold should not only have appropriate mechanical properties and biocompatibility, but also have good osteoinductive properties. This paper proposed a bionic porous structure design method based on Voronoi diagram. In the design process, controlling pore morphology and pore size by adjusting irregularity and porosity. In addition, the designed scaffolds were fabricated through laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) with Ti-6Al-4V powders. The mechanical characteristics were evaluated by static mechanical simulation with ABAQUS and fatigue tests, and the permeability characteristics were analyzed by fluid simulation with COMSOL and\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    test. The research results showed that fatigue meet the natural bone implant criteria by controlling the porosity and irregularity. And the mathematical relationship between fatigue characteristics and porosity and irregularity parameters was fitted. It can effectively predict the fatigue characteristics of the scaffold and improve its application in natural bone. At the same time, the designed structure has closer permeability to the natural bone, and was conducive to cell proliferation. 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