An Overview of Mechanical Properties and Material Modeling of Polylactide (PLA) for Medical Applications

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 330-340

  Bergström, Jörgen S ^a   Hayman, Danika ^a  

^a Veryst Engineering LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Material modeling; Mechanical properties; PLA; PLLA

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYESTERS;

DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; LOW GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; MATERIAL MODELING; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; MICROSTRUCTURAL STATE; PLA; PLLA; PROPERTIES AND MATERIALS;

GLASS TRANSITION;

POLYLACTIDE; BIOMATERIAL; POLYESTER;

ARTICLE; BIORESORBABLE VASCULAR STENT; DEGRADATION; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SUTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYESTERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84959153702     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-015-1455-8     Document Type: Article

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