A multifunctional origami patch for minimally invasive tissue sealing

SJ Wu, H Yuk, J Wu, CS Nabzdyk… - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For decades, bioadhesive materials have garnered great attention due to their potential to
replace sutures and staples for sealing tissues during minimally invasive surgical …

Tissue adhesive catechol‐modified hyaluronic acid hydrogel for effective, minimally invasive cell therapy

J Shin, JS Lee, C Lee, HJ Park, K Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Current hyaluronic acid (HA) hydrogel systems often cause cytotoxicity to encapsulated cells
and lack the adhesive property required for effective localization of transplanted cells in vivo …

A highly adhesive and naturally derived sealant

A Assmann, A Vegh, M Ghasemi-Rad, S Bagherifard… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Conventional surgical techniques to seal and repair defects in highly stressed elastic tissues
are insufficient. Therefore, this study aimed to engineer an inexpensive, highly adhesive …

Accelerating the translation of nanomaterials in biomedicine

S Mitragotri, DG Anderson, X Chen, EK Chow, D Ho… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Due to their size and tailorable physicochemical properties, nanomaterials are an emerging
class of structures utilized in biomedical applications. There are now many prominent …

Dynamic and cell-infiltratable hydrogels as injectable carrier of therapeutic cells and drugs for treating challenging bone defects

Q Feng, J Xu, K Zhang, H Yao, N Zheng… - ACS central …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biopolymeric hydrogels have been widely used as carriers of therapeutic cells and drugs for
biomedical applications. However, most conventional hydrogels cannot be injected after …

Photopolymerization of bio-based polymers in a biomedical engineering perspective

I Chiulan, EB Heggset, SI Voicu… - …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photopolymerization is an effective method to covalently cross-link polymer chains that can
be shaped into several biomedical products and devices. Additionally, polymerization …

Nanoparticle-hydrogel: a hybrid biomaterial system for localized drug delivery

W Gao, Y Zhang, Q Zhang, L Zhang - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2016 - Springer
Nanoparticles have offered a unique set of properties for drug delivery including high drug
loading capacity, combinatorial delivery, controlled and sustained drug release, prolonged …

Elastic sealants for surgical applications

N Annabi, K Yue, A Tamayol… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Sealants have emerged as promising candidates for replacing sutures and staples to
prevent air and liquid leakages during and after the surgeries. Their physical properties and …

[HTML][HTML] Marginal sealing around integral bilayer scaffolds for repairing osteochondral defects based on photocurable silk hydrogels

X Wu, M Zhou, F Jiang, S Yin, S Lin, G Yang, Y Lu… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Osteochondral repair remains a major challenge in current clinical practice despite
significant advances in tissue engineering. In particular, the lateral integration of …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-based and bio-inspired adhesives from animals and plants for biomedical applications

TM Lutz, C Kimna, A Casini, O Lieleg - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
With the “many-headed” slime mold Physarum polycelphalum having been voted the
unicellular organism of the year 2021 by the German Society of Protozoology, we are …