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 …

Biomaterials: Principles and Applications offers a comprehensive review of all the major
biomaterials in this rapidly growing field. In recent years, the role of biomaterials has been …

Written by more than 400 subject experts representing diverse academic and applied
domains, this multidisciplinary resource surveys the vanguard of biomaterials and …

Recent developments in minimally invasive approach to cerebrovascular diseases include
the placement of stents in arteries for treatment of aneurysms. Preliminary clinical …

We investigated the changes of flow patterns in a blood vessel with a side wall aneurysm
resulting from placement of a stent. Local hemodynamics can be markedly altered by …

Known as the bible of biomedical engineering, The Biomedical Engineering Handbook,
Fourth Edition, sets the standard against which all other references of this nature are …

Tissue engineering often makes use of biodegradable scaffolds to guide and promote
controlled cellular growth and differentiation in order to generate new tissue. There has …

When elastomers were first proposed as useful materials for regenerative medicine a few
decades ago, their high versatility and suitability for a diverse and wide range of in vivo …

For medical devices that must be placed inside the body, the right choice of material is the
most important aspect of design. To make sure such devices are safe, reliable, economical …

To design a “mechano-active” small-diameter artificial vascular graft, a tubular scaffold made
of elastomeric poly (l-lactide-co-ε-caprolactone) fabrics at different wall thicknesses was …