New approaches to bridge nerve gaps: Development of a novel drug-delivering nerve conduit

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 747-750

  Lin, Keng Min ^a   Sant, Himanshu J ^a   Gale, Bruce K ^a   Agarwal, Jayant P ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXON GROWTH; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMINS; DRUG RELEASE KINETICS; DRUG RESERVOIR; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; IN-VITRO; NERVE CONDUITS; NERVE GRAFTS;

CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY;

BRIDGES;

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CATTLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 84883595835     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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