An annulus fibrosus closure device based on a biodegradable shape-memory polymer network

Biomaterials

Volumn 34, Issue 33, 2013, Pages 8105-8113

  Sharifi, Shahriar ^a   van Kooten, Theo G ^a   Kranenburg, Hendrik Jan C ^b   Meij, Björn P ^b   Behl, Marc ^c   Lendlein, Andreas ^c   Grijpma, Dirk W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; D,l lactide and trimethylene carbonate based networks; Intervertebral disk; Photo crosslinking; Shape memory; Thermo mechanical analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PHOTOCROSS-LINKING; SHAPE-MEMORY; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; TRIMETHYLENE;

BIOMECHANICS; CARBONATION; CELLS; CROSSLINKING; CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER FILMS; TENSILE TESTING;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

CARBONIC ACID; CYCLOPROPANE; POLYMER;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CELL ADHESION; CELL SPREADING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; D,L-LACTIDE AND TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE-BASED NETWORKS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PHOTO-CROSSLINKING; SHAPE-MEMORY; THERMO-MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; DOGS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 84881666374     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.07.061     Document Type: Article

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