A novel approach via combination of electrospinning and FDM for tri-leaflet heart valve scaffold fabrication

Frontiers of Materials Science in China

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 359-366

  Chen, Rui ^a   Morsi, Yosry ^b   Patel, Shital ^b   Ke, Qin fei ^a   Mo, Xiu mei ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Fused deposition modeling; Nanofiber; Thermoplastic polyurethane; Tissue engineering heart valve

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449527377     PISSN: 16737377     EISSN: 16737482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11706-009-0067-3     Document Type: Article

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