[HTML][HTML] 4D bioprinting of smart polymers for biomedical applications: Recent progress, challenges, and future perspectives

ZU Arif, MY Khalid, A Zolfagharian… - Reactive and Functional …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 4D bioprinting is the next-generation additive manufacturing-based fabrication
platform employed to construct intricate, adaptive, and dynamic soft and hard tissue …

Development of innovative biomaterials and devices for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases

Y Wang, G Li, L Yang, R Luo, G Guo - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases have become the leading cause of death worldwide. The
increasing burden of cardiovascular diseases has become a major public health problem …

Water-responsive supercontractile polymer films for bioelectronic interfaces

J Yi, G Zou, J Huang, X Ren, Q Tian, Q Yu, P Wang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Connecting different electronic devices is usually straightforward because they have paired,
standardized interfaces, in which the shapes and sizes match each other perfectly. Tissue …

From diagnosis to treatment: recent advances in patient-friendly biosensors and implantable devices

P Li, GH Lee, SY Kim, SY Kwon, HR Kim, S Park - ACS nano, 2021 - ACS Publications
Patient-friendly medical diagnostics and treatments have been receiving a great deal of
interest due to their rapid and cost-effective health care applications with minimized risk of …

Minimally invasive delivery of therapeutic agents by hydrogel injection into the pericardial cavity for cardiac repair

D Zhu, Z Li, K Huang, TG Caranasos, JS Rossi… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cardiac patches are an effective way to deliver therapeutics to the heart. However, such
procedures are normally invasive and difficult to perform. Here, we develop and test a …

Emerging 4D printing strategies for next‐generation tissue regeneration and medical devices

Y Wang, H Cui, T Esworthy, D Mei, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid development of 3D printing has led to considerable progress in the field of
biomedical engineering. Notably, 4D printing provides a potential strategy to achieve a time …

Self‐healing hydrogels: the next paradigm shift in tissue engineering?

S Talebian, M Mehrali, N Taebnia… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Given their durability and long‐term stability, self‐healable hydrogels have, in the past few
years, emerged as promising replacements for the many brittle hydrogels currently being …

Recent advances in 3D printing of smart scaffolds for bone tissue engineering and regeneration

X Yuan, W Zhu, Z Yang, N He, F Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The repair and functional reconstruction of bone defects resulting from severe trauma,
surgical resection, degenerative disease, and congenital malformation pose significant …

Injectable and conductive cardiac patches repair infarcted myocardium in rats and minipigs

L Wang, Y Liu, G Ye, Y He, B Li, Y Guan… - Nature Biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
Cardiac patches can help to restore the electrophysiological properties of the heart after
myocardial infarction. However, scaffolds for the repair of heart muscle typically require …

Adhesive hydrogel patch with enhanced strength and adhesiveness to skin for transdermal drug delivery

H Jung, MK Kim, JY Lee, SW Choi… - Advanced Functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Transdermal drug delivery patches based on hydrogels are widely used for the transdermal
delivery of diverse drugs. However, most hydrogels do not exhibit adequate adhesiveness to …