Advances, challenges, and prospects for surgical suture materials

Y Li, Q Meng, S Chen, P Ling, MA Kuss, B Duan, S Wu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the long-established and necessary medical devices, surgical sutures play an
essentially important role in the closing and healing of damaged tissues and organs …

Electrospun medical sutures for wound healing: A review

L Xu, Y Liu, W Zhou, D Yu - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the increasing demand for wound healing around the world, the level of medical
equipment is also increasing, but sutures are still the preferred medical equipment for …

Soft material-enabled, flexible hybrid electronics for medicine, healthcare, and human-machine interfaces

R Herbert, JH Kim, YS Kim, HM Lee, WH Yeo - Materials, 2018 - mdpi.com
Flexible hybrid electronics (FHE), designed in wearable and implantable configurations,
have enormous applications in advanced healthcare, rapid disease diagnostics, and …

Chemical surface modification of polymeric biomaterials for biomedical applications

W Sun, W Liu, Z Wu, H Chen - Macromolecular Rapid …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This review focuses on the attachment of polymer brushes to polymeric biomaterial
substrates by chemical surface modification methods for biomedical applications. In the first …

Exploring the potential of polyethylene terephthalate in the design of antibacterial surfaces

T Çaykara, MG Sande, N Azoia, LR Rodrigues… - Medical microbiology …, 2020 - Springer
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most used polymeric materials in the health
care sector mainly due to its advantages that include biocompatibility, high uniformity …

Polyethylene terephthalate membrane: A review of fabrication techniques, separation processes, and modifications

TS Ling, MNZ Abidin, A Ma'amor, NA Hashim… - Separation and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The unique combination of durability, chemical resistance, and changeable permeability of
polyethylene terephthalate (PET) membranes has sparked significant interest in separation …

Facile coating of urinary catheter with bio–inspired antibacterial coating

MA Yassin, TA Elkhooly, SM Elsherbiny, FM Reicha… - Heliyon, 2019 - cell.com
Formation of bacterial biofilm on indwelling urinary catheters usually causes catheter–
associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) that represent high percent of nosocomial …

Poly (ethylene terephthalate) films coated with antimicrobial gelatin/chondroitin sulfate polyelectrolyte multilayers containing ionic liquids

PR Souza, BH Vilsinski, AC de Oliveira… - Progress in Organic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gelatin (GE) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) with or without
ionic liquids (ILs) are assembled on oxidized poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET), using the …

Construction of sustainable and multifunctional polyester fabrics via an efficiently and eco-friendly spray-drying layer-by-layer strategy

G Liu, Z Wang, B Bao, Z Ouyang, C Du, F Liu… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Polyester fabric (PET fabric) has aroused widespread attention from people thanks to the
advantages of smooth feel, easy washing, quick-drying, high strength, and chemical …

A novel strategy for creating an antibacterial surface using a highly efficient electrospray-based method for silica deposition

O Levana, S Hong, SH Kim, JH Jeong, SS Hur… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Adhesion of bacteria on biomedical implant surfaces is a prerequisite for biofilm formation,
which may increase the chances of infection and chronic inflammation. In this study, we …