Electrospun scaffolds for tissue engineering of vascular grafts

A Hasan, A Memic, N Annabi, M Hossain, A Paul… - Acta biomaterialia, 2014 - Elsevier
There is a growing demand for off-the-shelf tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVGs) for
the replacement or bypass of damaged arteries in various cardiovascular diseases …

Elastomeric biomaterials for tissue engineering

Q Chen, S Liang, GA Thouas - Progress in polymer science, 2013 - Elsevier
Biomaterials play a critical role in engineering of tissue constructs, working as an artificial
extracellular matrix to support regeneration. Because the elastic stretchability is a major …

[HTML][HTML] Rational design of biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethanes for tissue repair

C Xu, Y Hong - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
As a type of elastomeric polymers, non-degradable polyurethanes (PUs) have a long history
of being used in clinics, whereas biodegradable PUs have been developed in recent …

Fast-degrading elastomer enables rapid remodeling of a cell-free synthetic graft into a neoartery

W Wu, RA Allen, Y Wang - Nature medicine, 2012 - nature.com
Host remodeling is important for the success of medical implants, including vascular
substitutes. Synthetic and tissue-engineered grafts have yet to show clinical effectiveness in …

Single and multi-functional coating strategies for enhancing the biocompatibility and tissue integration of blood-contacting medical implants

M Badv, F Bayat, JI Weitz, TF Didar - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Device-associated clot formation and poor tissue integration are ongoing problems with
permanent and temporary implantable medical devices. These complications lead to …

Electrospun fibers for tissue engineering, drug delivery, and wound dressing

YF Goh, I Shakir, R Hussain - Journal of Materials Science, 2013 - Springer
Electrospinning, a technique well known for fabricating nanoscale fibers, has recently been
studied extensively due to its various advantages such as high surface-to-volume ratio …

[HTML][HTML] Future perspectives in small-diameter vascular graft engineering

P Mallis, A Kostakis, C Stavropoulos-Giokas… - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increased demands of small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVGs) globally has forced the
scientific society to explore alternative strategies utilizing the tissue engineering …

Cell membrane-inspired phospholipid polymers for developing medical devices with excellent biointerfaces

Y Iwasaki, K Ishihara - Science and Technology of Advanced …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
This review article describes fundamental aspects of cell membrane-inspired phospholipid
polymers and their usefulness in the development of medical devices. Since the early …

Blood-compatible surfaces with phosphorylcholine-based polymers for cardiovascular medical devices

K Ishihara - Langmuir, 2018 - ACS Publications
For the acquisition of blood-compatible materials, various hydrophilic polymers for surface
modification have been examined. Among them, polymers with a representative …

Fabrication of polyurethane and polyurethane based composite fibres by the electrospinning technique for soft tissue engineering of cardiovascular system

J Kucinska-Lipka, I Gubanska, H Janik… - Materials Science and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Electrospinning is a unique technique, which provides forming of polymeric scaffolds for soft
tissue engineering, which include tissue scaffolds for soft tissues of the cardiovascular …