Advanced liposome-loaded scaffolds for therapeutic and tissue engineering applications

R Cheng, L Liu, Y Xiang, Y Lu, L Deng, H Zhang… - Biomaterials, 2020 - Elsevier
Liposome is one of the most commonly used drug delivery systems in the world, due to its
excellent biocompatibility, satisfactory ability in controlling drug release, and passive …

Designing better cardiovascular stent materials: A learning curve

I Cockerill, CW See, ML Young… - Advanced functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular stents are life‐saving devices and one of the top ten medical breakthroughs
of the 21st century. Decades of research and clinical trials have taught us about the effects of …

Biomaterial applications in cardiovascular tissue repair and regeneration

MT Lam, JC Wu - Expert review of cardiovascular therapy, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Cardiovascular disease physically damages the heart, resulting in loss of cardiac function.
Medications can help alleviate symptoms, but it is more beneficial to treat the root cause by …

Biomimetic tissue engineering: tuning the immune and inflammatory response to implantable biomaterials

F Taraballi, M Sushnitha, C Tsao… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Regenerative medicine technologies rely heavily on the use of well‐designed biomaterials
for therapeutic applications. The success of implantable biomaterials hinges upon the ability …

Impact of stent strut design in metallic stents and biodegradable scaffolds

N Foin, RD Lee, R Torii, JL Guitierrez-Chico… - International journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Advances in the understanding of healing mechanisms after stent implantation have led to
the recognition of stent strut thickness as an essential factor affecting re-endothelialization …

A prospective, randomized evaluation of a novel everolimus-eluting coronary stent: the PLATINUM (a Prospective, Randomized, Multicenter Trial to Assess an …

GW Stone, PS Teirstein, IT Meredith, B Farah… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to evaluate the clinical outcomes with a novel platinum chromium
everolimus-eluting stent (PtCr-EES) compared with a predicate cobalt chromium everolimus …

A healthy future: platinum in medical applications

A Cowley - Platinum Metals Review, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
The world's growing population demands increasing access to advanced healthcare
treatments. Platinum is used to make essential components for a range of medical devices …

Understanding the impact of stent and scaffold material and strut design on coronary artery thrombosis from the basic and clinical points of view

A Sakamoto, H Jinnouchi, S Torii, R Virmani, AV Finn - Bioengineering, 2018 - mdpi.com
The technology of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is constantly being refined in
order to overcome the shortcomings of present day technologies. Even though current …

The evolution of coronary stents

P McKavanagh, G Zawadowski, N Ahmed… - Expert Review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is 40 years old this year. From its
humble beginnings of experimental work, PCI has transitioned over years with coronary …

Metallic biomaterials: State of the art and new challenges

J Wilson - Fundamental Biomaterials: Metals, 2018 - Elsevier
Biomedical applications of macro-, micro-, and nanomaterials are exponentially increasing
every year due to their analogy to various cell receptors, ligands, structural proteins, and …