Mismatch in mechanical properties between synthetic vascular graft and arteries contribute
to graft failure. The viscoelastic properties of arteries are conferred by elastin and collagen …

Nanotechnology has enabled the engineering of a variety of materials to meet the current
challenges and needs in vascular tissue regeneration. In this study, four different kinds of …

Novel polymeric micro-nanostructure meshes as blood vessels substitute have been
developed and investigated as a potential solution to the lack of functional synthetic small …

The optimization of biomechanical and biochemical properties of a vascular graft to render
properties relevant to physiological environments is a major challenge today. These critical …

Coronary artery bypass grafting is one of the most commonly performed major surgeries in
the United States. Autologous vessels such as the saphenous vein are the current gold …

Thermoplastic polyurethanes are used in a variety of medical devices and experimental
tissue engineering scaffolds. Despite advances in polymer composition to improve their …

A small-diameter vascular graft (inner diameter 4mm) was fabricated from polyurethane (PU)
and poly (ethylene glycol)(PEG) solutions by blend electrospinning technology. The fiber …

One of the current limitations in using electrospun nanofibrous materials for tissue
engineering is that cells have difficulty penetrating into the materials. For this, multi-layered …

Tissue engineering techniques particularly using electrospun scaffolds have been
intensively used in recent years for the development of small diameter vascular grafts …

Pore size and porosity control the rate and depth of cellular migration in electrospun
vascular fabrics and thus have a strong impact on long-term graft success. In this study we …