Polysaccharide-based hydrogels for medical devices, implants and tissue engineering: A review

D Sanjanwala, V Londhe, R Trivedi, S Bonde… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are highly biocompatible biomaterials composed of crosslinked three-
dimensional networks of hydrophilic polymers. Owing to their natural origin, polysaccharide …

Chronic in vivo stability assessment of carbon fiber microelectrode arrays

PR Patel, H Zhang, MT Robbins, JB Nofar… - Journal of neural …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Individual carbon fiber microelectrodes can record unit activity in both acute and
semi-chronic (∼ 1 month) implants. Additionally, new methods have been developed to …

Insertion of linear 8.4 μm diameter 16 channel carbon fiber electrode arrays for single unit recordings

PR Patel, K Na, H Zhang, TDY Kozai… - Journal of neural …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Single carbon fiber electrodes (d= 8.4 μm) insulated with parylene-c and
functionalized with PEDOT: pTS have been shown to record single unit activity but manual …

[HTML][HTML] Polymeric Dural Biomaterials in Spinal Surgery: A Review

T Yan, J Cheng, Q He, Y Wang, C Zhang, D Huang… - Gels, 2024 - mdpi.com
Laminectomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure by orthopedic and
neurosurgeons, aimed at alleviating nerve compression and reducing pain. However, in …

Photo-crosslinked hyaluronic acid/carboxymethyl cellulose composite hydrogel as a dural substitute to prevent post-surgical adhesion

YC Huang, ZH Liu, CY Kuo, JP Chen - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
A dural substitute is frequently used to repair dura mater during neurosurgical procedures.
Although autologous or commercially available dural substitutes matched most of the …

Two-photon imaging of chronically implanted neural electrodes: Sealing methods and new insights

TDY Kozai, JR Eles, AL Vazquez, XT Cui - Journal of neuroscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Two-photon microscopy has enabled the visualization of dynamic tissue
changes to injury and disease in vivo. While this technique has provided powerful new …

Histological evaluation of a chronically-implanted electrocorticographic electrode grid in a non-human primate

AD Degenhart, J Eles, R Dum, JL Mischel… - Journal of neural …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Electrocorticography (ECoG), used as a neural recording modality for brain-
machine interfaces (BMIs), potentially allows for field potentials to be recorded from the …

Multilayer scaffold of electrospun PLA–PCL–collagen nanofibers as a dural substitute

Y Wang, H Guo, D Ying - Journal of Biomedical Materials …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dural closure after the neurosurgery can prevent postoperative complications. Although
many types of dural substitute have been developed, most of them lack functional and …

Meningeal inflammatory response and fibrous tissue remodeling around intracortical implants: an in vivo two-photon imaging study

JR Eles, AL Vazquez, TDY Kozai, XT Cui - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Meningeal inflammation and encapsulation of neural electrode arrays is a leading cause of
device failure, yet little is known about how it develops over time or what triggers it. This work …

Reduced cell attachment to poly(2‐hydroxyethyl methacrylate)‐coated ventricular catheters in vitro

BW Hanak, CY Hsieh, W Donaldson… - … Research Part B …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of patients with hydrocephalus are dependent on ventriculoperitoneal shunts
for diversion of excess cerebrospinal fluid. Unfortunately, these shunts are failure‐prone and …