Laser direct writing of micro- and nano-scale medical devices

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-356

  Gittard, Shaun D ^a   Narayan, Roger J ^a  

^a USA and North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablation; Laser; MAPLE direct write; Medical; Rapid prototyping; Selective laser sintering; Stereolithography; Two photon polymerization

Indexed keywords

NITINOL; TITANIUM;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSOR; DEVICE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LASER DIRECT WRITE METHOD; MATERIAL STATE; MATRIX ASSISSTED PULSED LASER EVAPORATION DIRECT WRITE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MICROLASER SINTERING; MICROSCALE MEDICAL DEVICE; NANOSCALE MEDICAL DEVICE; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TWO PHOTON POLYMERIZATION;

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; LASERS; MINIATURIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS; POLYMERS;

EID: 77951824398     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.10.14     Document Type: Review

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