Fabrication of off-the-shelf multilumen poly(Ethylene glycol) nerve guidance conduits using stereolithographyxs

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-38

  Arcaute, Karina ^a   Mann, Brenda K ^b   Wicker, Ryan B ^a  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FABRICATION; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); WATER ABSORPTION;

3D SCAFFOLDS; ABSORPTION CURVES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTIONS; COMPRESSIVE RESISTANCE; EQUIVALENT SURFACE AREAS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PEG CONCENTRATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR; PULLOUT EXPERIMENT; RAPID FABRICATION; STATE OF THE ART; SWELLING FACTOR; SWELLING RATIO;

SCAFFOLDS;

BIOMATERIAL; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; WATER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; NERVE REGENERATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCIATIC NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE REGENERATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; RATS; SCIATIC NERVE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; WATER;

EID: 78650862232     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2010.0011     Document Type: Article

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