Mechanical properties of small-diameter polyurethane vascular grafts reinforced by weft-knitted tubular fabric

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Xu, Weilin ^a   Zhou, Fei ^a   Ouyang, Chenxi ^b   Ye, Wenxiang ^a   Yao, Mu ^a   Xu, Bugao ^c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite vascular graft; Polyester filament; Polyurethane; Tensile properties; Weft knitted tubular fabric

Indexed keywords

INNER DIAMETERS; KNITTING MACHINES; MICRO-POROUS STRUCTURE; POLYESTER FILAMENT; REINFORCED COMPOSITES; SMALL-DIAMETER; VASCULAR GRAFTS; WALL THICKNESS;

FABRICS; FILAMENTS (LAMP); GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); KNITTING MACHINERY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

GRAFTS;

POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; YARN;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; ELASTIC MODULUS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 73549116113     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32333     Document Type: Article

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