Analysis of effective interconnectivity of degrapol-foams designed for negative pressure wound therapy

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 292-306

  Milleret, Vincent ^a   Bittermann, Anne Greet ^b   Mayer, Dieter ^c   Hall, Heike ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Degrapol ; Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT); Polymer foams; Pore interconnectivity

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; INTERCONNECTED PORES; INTERCONNECTIVITY; NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPIES; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; POLYMER FOAMS; PORE INTERCONNECTIVITY; SWELLING CAPACITIES;

ESTERS;

PORE SIZE;

EID: 84866987905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2010292     Document Type: Article

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