Additive manufacturing of polymer melts for implantable medical devices and scaffolds

A Youssef, SJ Hollister, PD Dalton - Biofabrication, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Melt processing is routinely used to fabricate medical polymeric devices/implants for clinical
reconstruction and can be incorporated into quality systems procedures for medical device …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the in vitro degradation and the in vivo tissue response to bi-layered 3D-printed scaffolds combining PLA and biphasic PLA/bioglass components …

M Barbeck, T Serra, P Booms, S Stojanovic, S Najman… - Bioactive materials, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study was the in vitro and in vivo analysis of a bi-layered 3D-printed
scaffold combining a PLA layer and a biphasic PLA/bioglass G5 layer for regeneration of …

[HTML][HTML] Electrospun collagen-based nanofibres: A sustainable material for improved antibiotic utilisation in tissue engineering applications

IJH Barrientos, E Paladino, P Szabó, S Brozio… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
For the creation of scaffolds in tissue engineering applications, it is essential to control the
physical morphology of fibres and to choose compositions which do not disturb normal …

Polylactide (PLA) and acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) blends: The effect of ACN content on morphology, compatibility and mechanical properties

M Maroufkhani, AA Katbab, W Liu, J Zhang - Polymer, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, attempts have been put to prepare toughened polylactide (PLA) through melt
blending with acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) via melt mixing process. The influences …

pH-Responsive Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-block-Polylactide Micelles for Tumor-Targeted Drug Delivery

L Xiao, L Huang, F Moingeon, M Gauthier… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A biodegradable micellar drug delivery system with a pH-responsive sheddable PEG shell
was developed using an acetal-linked poly (ethylene glycol)-block-polylactide (PEG-a-PLA) …

Understanding drug release data through thermodynamic analysis

MCLC Freire, F Alexandrino, HR Marcelino… - Materials, 2017 - mdpi.com
Understanding the factors that can modify the drug release profile of a drug from a Drug-
Delivery-System (DDS) is a mandatory step to determine the effectiveness of new therapies …

[HTML][HTML] Prolonged inhibition of inflammation in osteoarthritis by triamcinolone acetonide released from a polyester amide microsphere platform

I Rudnik-Jansen, S Colen, J Berard, S Plomp… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
Controlled biomaterial-based corticosteroid release might circumvent multiple injections and
the accompanying risks, such as hormone imbalance and muscle weakness, in …

Molecular insights for the biological interactions between polyethylene glycol and cells

L Xu, J Yang, B Xue, C Zhang, L Shi, C Wu, Y Su, X Jin… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
As the gold standard polymer for drug delivery system, polyethylene glycol (PEG) has
excellent biocompatibility. It's reported that the low nonspecific interactions between PEG …

Biodegradable polylactic acid and polylactic acid/hydroxyapatite coated iron foams for bone replacement materials

M Hrubovčáková, M Kupková, M Džupon… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biodegradable iron open cell foams fabricated via replica method have been studied as a
potential material for bone scaffold. In order to improve their degradable behaviour and …

Poly (d/l) lactide/polycaprolactone/bioactive glasss nanocomposites materials for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction screws: The effect of glass surface …

J Esmaeilzadeh, S Hesaraki, SMM Hadavi… - Materials Science and …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper, different nanocomposites made of a polymer blend (80% of PDLLA and 20% of
PCL in w/w) and various amounts of a sol-gel derived bioactive glass nanoparticles (0, 1, 3 …