Aliphatic polyesters prepared by ring-opening polymerization of lactones are now used
worldwide as bioresorbabale devices in surgery (orthopaedic devices, sutures, stents, tissue …

Cardiovascular diseases are one of the major causes of human death in the world.
Endovascular stents are the most important implantation devices in cardiovascular …

Currently there are no biodegradable stents available for treatment of vascular obstructions
in patients with congenital heart defects. This study was performed to evaluate the safety of a …

The need for more efficient drug delivery strategies to treat resilient diseases and the rise of
micro and nanotechnology have led to the development of more sophisticated drug …

The release of sirolimus from a bi-layer biodegradable polymeric film is reported in this
study. Approved drug-eluting metal stents use a thin polymer coating to control drug release …

This work reports, for the first time, the development of a fully biodegradable polymeric stent
that can self-expand at body temperatures (∼ 37° C), using the concept of elastic memory …

Abstract Poly-L-lactide Acid (PLLA), as a credible biodegradable polymer-based material,
can provide a promising amount of degradation time for vessel remodeling. Served as a sort …

The past fifty years have seen a surge in the use of materials for clinical application, but in
order to understand and exploit their full potential, the scientific complexity at both sides of …

In this work, a thermo-induced shape-memory drug-eluting stent (SMDES) has been
developed by cross-linking PEG-PCL copolymer (cPEG-PCL). The stent is able to perform …

Myotube formation is crucial to restoring muscular functions, and biomaterials that enhance
the myoblast differentiation into myotubes are highly desirable for muscular repair. Here, we …