The effect of fatigue on associating hydrogels for nucleus pulposus replacement

Proceedings of the IEEE Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference, NEBEC

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 174-175

  Thomas, Jonathan ^a   Shuen, Andrew ^a   Lowman, Anthony ^a   Marcolongo, Michele ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Hydrogel; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; HYDROGEN BONDS; POLYMER BLENDS; PRESSURIZATION; BLENDING; CAPACITIVE SENSORS; CHEMICALS; CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY; CROSSLINKING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG DELIVERY; HYDROGEN; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; TESTING;

FATIGUE CYCLING; CONDUCTING MATERIALS; DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; INTRA-MOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDS; PHYSIOLOGICAL FLUIDS; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE; STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84943411518     PISSN: 1071121X     EISSN: 21607001     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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