摘要:
Provided is a porous body, which is formed of a resin obtained by crosslinking a copolymer of ethylene, an α-olefin, and a non-conjugated diene, wherein porosity of the porous body is in the range of 50 to 95% by volume, strength of the porous body at 50% compression is 300 kPa or less, and compression set (A) under atmosphere at a temperature of 80°C and a relative humidity of 90% is 20% or less.
摘要:
What is disclosed herein are physically cross-linked, cellular hydrogels and methods for their preparation. The cellular materials are highly resilient, hydrophilic materials having broad uses. The cellular materials are prepared by the physical crosslinking of frothed polymers and providing materials that have cellular pores provided by the uses of removable materials during the formation of the cellular materials.
摘要:
Soft actuators are fabricated from materials that enable the actuators to be constructed with an open-celled architecture such as an interconnected network of pore elements. The movement of a soft actuator is controlled by manipulating the open-celled architecture, for example inflating/ deflating select portions of the open-celled architecture using a substance such as compressed fluid.
摘要:
Poly(propylene fumarate) is copolymerized with poly(caprolactone) diol to produce a block copolymer of poly(propylene fumarate) and poly(caprolactone). The biocompatible and bioresorbable block copolymer of poly(propylene fumarate) and poly(caprolactone) is useful in the fabrication of injectable and in situ hardening scaffolds for tissue and/or skeletal reconstruction. The block copolymer can be crosslinked by redox or photo-initiation, with or without an additional crosslinker. Thus, the copolymer is both self-crosslinkable (without the use of any crosslinkers) and photocrosslinkable (in the presence of photons such as UV light).
摘要:
The present invention provides a polyurethane implant that is porous and degradable, and act as a scaffold for the repair of damaged tissue. Importantly, the implant of the present invention is biocompatible with the degradation products of the implant causing minimal immune or cytotoxic reaction. The present invention also provides for a method of making these biocompatible implants.
摘要:
L'invention se rapporte à un procédé de fabrication de particules de cellulose poreuses, qui ont une forme régulière et une capacité de sorption de l'eau de 1,5 à 9 fois leur propre poids, ainsi qu'une masse volumique apparente après tassement inférieure à 0,85 g/ml. Le procédé de fabrication de ces matrices cellulosiques poreuses consiste à traiter mécaniquement la cellulose hydraulisée dans une phase à voie humide. Les matrices celluylosiques ont de préférence une grandeur d'au moins 0,1 mm et une masse volumique apparente après tassement de 0,1 à 0,7 g/ml. Une substance bioactive ou des substances bioactives peuvent être sorbées, précipitées ou sublimées dans la structure poreuse des matrices. Ces matrices peuvent être mélangées avec des médicaments ou avec des granulés contenant des médicaments, afin d'en améliorer la mise en tablettes et les propriétés des tablettes obtenues, et elles peuvent ensuite être comprimées. Des matrices dans lesquelles il est incorporé un médicament peuvent être utilisée pour permettre la compression directe des tablettes.
摘要:
The invention relates to a polymer for tissue engineering composed of biodegradable polyphosphazenes with photopolymerizable side groups, wherein the side groups of the polyphosphazenes are exclusively formed of amino acids and/or amino acid derivatives, wherein said side groups are bound to the backbone of the polyphosphazene via the amino group of the amino acid, and comprising a spacer bound to the acid group having a carbon chain of length m which comprises a vinyl group at its free end, wherein m = 0 to 10.
摘要:
Compositions and methods for manufacturing polymers are disclosed. Compositions include novel plastics, including films and shaped forms comprising polymer matrices that are biologically compatible and biodegradable. Such plastics may comprise polymers derived from natural sources. Further, such plastics are useful in biological systems for wound repair, implants, stents, drug encapsulation and delivery, and other applications. The disclosed methods comprise mild manufacturing processes such that various additives, such as biologically active proteins, sugars, lipids, and the like may be incorporated into the polymer matrix without subsequent loss of bioactivity during processing. Additionally, methods of manufacture for controlling mechanical properties, such as elasticity, pliancy, and the porosity of such plastics are disclosed.
摘要:
A method for fabricating a porous structure from a first material. The method comprises the acts of mixing the first material with a second material to form a mixture, the first material having a melting point which is lower than the second material, heating the mixture under pressure to a temperature between a melting point of the first material and a melting point of the second material, cooling the molten mixture until it hardens and removing the second material from the first material. The method may also include a subsequent annealing step. There is also described a material suitable for implant, illustratively vertebral or spinal implants, comprising a rigid biocompatible polymer such as PEEK comprising a plurality of interconnected pores. The polymer illustratively has a porosity of between 50% and 85% by volume and in a particular embodiment is able to withstand pressures of up to 20 MPa. The porous PEEK material may also have a minimum thickness in any dimension of one (1 ) inch.