Polyurethanes (PUs) have properties that make them promising in biomedical applications.
PU is recognized as one of the main families of blood and biocompatible materials. PU plays …

Select prolonged functions of fibroblasts leading to extensive fibrous tissue encapsulation
can be detrimental to numerous implant applications, including materials designed for the …

To improve water wettability of polyurethane (PU), graft copolymerization of acrylamide
(AAm) and itaconic acid (IA) was performed using benzoyl peroxide (BO) initiator. The …

In the quest for advancing the performance of metallic implants, surface modification
emerges as a pivotal strategy to mitigate ion depletion, enhance the host's biological …

One of the main issues in the development of new biocolonizable materials is to understand
the influence of the synthetic material on the biological response in terms of cellular …

Surface properties of biomaterials can easily be modified by glow-discharge plasma
processing for very diverse biomedical appliations. Activated carbon granules can be coated …

Osteoblast proliferation is sensitive to material surface properties. In this study, the
proliferation of MC3T3 E1-S14 osteoblastic cells on poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3 …

Aims: To evaluate in vivo fibroplasia and biological stability of porous polymers intended for
use in the Seoul-type keratoprosthesis (S-KPro). Methods: Four porous polymers …

The structural and surface properties of polyurethane (PU) membranes prepared by a
classical solvent-casting method were tested. A number of casting solutions of Pellethane® …

To improve water wettability of polyurethane (PU), graft copolymerization with acrylic acid
(AA) and crotonic acid (CA) was performed using a benzoyl peroxide (BO) initiator. The …