Artery vessel fabrication using the combined fused deposition modeling and electrospinning techniques

Rapid Prototyping Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-44

  Owida, Amal ^a,c   Chen, Rui ^b   Patel, Shital ^a   Morsi, Yos ^a   Mo, Xiumei ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Heart; Nanotechnology; Polyurethane; Rapid prototypes

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; COMBINED METHOD; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; FABRICATION PROCESS; FUSED DEPOSITION MODELING; HEXAFLUOROISOPROPANOL; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN ARTERY; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; RAPID PROTOTYPE; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY FILES; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES;

BLOOD; BUTADIENE; ELECTROSPINNING; FABRICATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RAPID PROTOTYPING; SCAFFOLDS; STYRENE; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 79551478188     PISSN: 13552546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552541111098617     Document Type: Article

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