The evolution of polyurethane heart valve replacements: How chemistry translates to the clinic

M Crago, A Lee, S Farajikhah, F Oveissi… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current heart valve replacements (HVRs) fail to comprehensively capture the physiological
behavior of native heart valve tissues, allowing the burden of valvular heart disease to …

Surface functionalization of polyurethanes: A critical review

J Zhang, S Lv, X Zhao, S Ma, F Zhou - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2024 - Elsevier
Synthetic polymers, particularly polyurethanes (PUs), have revolutionized bioengineering
and biomedical devices due to their customizable mechanical properties and long-term …

[HTML][HTML] Adhesive and self-healing polyurethanes with tunable multifunctionality

L Zhou, L Zhang, P Li, MF Maitz, K Wang, T Shang… - Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
Many polyurethanes (PUs) are blood-contacting materials due to their good mechanical
properties, fatigue resistance, cytocompatibility, biosafety, and relatively good …

An environment-friendly polyurethane composite membrane decorated by superhydrophobic modification of TiC as high efficient separator of oil-water emulsion

Y Zhang, D Wang, Z Huang, H Zhang, L Li - Journal of Membrane Science, 2022 - Elsevier
The exploring of sustainable, durable and superwetting composite nanofiber membrane as
efficient separator for oil-water emulsion is one of the biggest challenges in the field of …

[HTML][HTML] Updates on polyurethane and its multifunctional applications in biomedical engineering

Z Miri, S Farè, Q Ma, HJ Haugen - Progress in Biomedical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Polyurethanes (PUs) have properties that make them promising in biomedical applications.
PU is recognized as one of the main families of blood and biocompatible materials. PU plays …

Softening and hardening of thermal plastic polyurethane blends by water absorbed

DH Xu, F Liu, G Pan, ZG Zhao, X Yang, HC Shi… - Polymer, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, the effect of water on the structure and mechanical properties of thermoplastic
polyurethane (TPU) blends with different ratios of a high and low hardness TPU composition …

Progress of polysaccharide-contained polyurethanes for biomedical applications

DB Ju, JC Lee, SK Hwang, CS Cho, HJ Kim - Tissue Engineering and …, 2022 - Springer
Polyurethane (PU) has been widely examined and used for biomedical applications, such
as catheters, blood oxygenators, stents, cardiac valves, drug delivery carriers, dialysis …

Mechanical‐enhanced and Durable Zwitterionic Hydrogel Coating for Inhibiting Coagulation and Reducing Bacterial Infection

Z Yan, M Yao, Z Zhao, Q Yang, R Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Blood‐contact medical devices are indispensable for clinical interventions, yet their
susceptibility to thrombosis and bacterial infections poses substantial risks to treatment …

Hard block degradable polycarbonate urethanes: promising biomaterials for electrospun vascular prostheses

K Ehrmann, P Potzmann, C Dworak… - …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethanes for soft tissue engineering
applications, where frequently used carboxylic acid ester degradation motifs were …

[HTML][HTML] Extracellular matrix-derived and low-cost proteins to improve polyurethane-based scaffolds for vascular grafts

ICP Rodrigues, ÉSN Lopes, KD Pereira, SC Huber… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Vascular graft surgeries are often conducted in trauma cases, which has increased the
demand for scaffolds with good biocompatibility profiles. Biodegradable scaffolds …