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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"bioresorbable polymer"”.
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A combined experimental and computational framework to optimise processing and design of poly(L-lactic acid) bioresorbable stents
… can trigger undesirable immunological responses. Bioresorbable polymer stents offer an attractive solution, providing a temporary scaffold that resorbs once the artery heals. However, polymeric stents are mechanically inferior to their metallic counterparts, requiring thicker struts to provide …
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Production and characterisation of bioresorbable polymers and polymer-glass composites for application in cardiac stents
Bioresorbable polymeric cardiac stents are a promising technology for treating cardiovascular diseases, but current poly-L-lactide (PLLA) stents have been limited by poor mechanical properties and slow degradation. Materials with increased strength and stiffness are needed, to reduce the required …
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Knöcherne Integration und Biokompatibilität eines neuen resorbierbaren Polymers zur Schraubenaugmentation im osteoporotischen Knochen
Bone integration and biocompatibility of a new bioresorbable polymer for screw augmentation in the osteosynthesis of osteoporotic cancellous bone: The surgical treatment of an osteoporosis-associated fracture is a clinically relevant problem, which yet has no satisfactory solution. The fixation of …
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The Degradation and Drug Release Mechanisms of Poly(ethylene glycol)-functionalised Poly(L-lactide) Polymers
Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) is a well-recognised bioresorbable polymer known to degrade after 1.5 to 5 years by hydrolysis. For certain medical device or drug delivery applications, it would be desirable to reduce this degradation time as strategies for tailoring degradation and drug release rates …
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Novel Apparatus to Control Electrospinning Fiber Orientation for the Production of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
… and mechanics can be predictive from specific polymer setups. Our laboratory has demonstrated the ability to electrospin natural and synthetic polymers and this apparatus will be utilized to tailor scaffolds to meet specific tissue engineering needs by creating a truly biomimicking scaffold / …