Rapid Prototyping of a Double-Layer Polyurethane-Collagen Conduit for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-9

  Cui, Tongkui ^a,b   Yan, Yongnian ^a,b   Zhang, Renji ^a,b   Liu, Li ^a,b   Xu, Wei ^a,b   Wang, Xiaohong ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; JOB ANALYSIS; PHASE SEPARATION; RAPID PROTOTYPING;

COLLAGEN NERVE CONDUITS; DIGITAL PROTOTYPING; DOUBLE LAYERS; HYDROPHILIC PROPERTIES; INNER LAYER; LOW TEMPERATURES; MATERIAL TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL STRENGTH; MICROPOROUS LAYERS; PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SCAFFOLD STRUCTURES; THERMALLY INDUCED PHASE SEPARATION; TWO LAYERS; WALL THICKNESS;

SCAFFOLDS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; POLYURETHAN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FREEZE DRYING; HYDROPHILICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORPTION; COLLAGEN; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WATER;

EID: 66149085773     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2008.0354     Document Type: Article

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