The development of extracorporeal life support technology has added a new dimension to
the care of critically ill patients who fail conventional treatment options. Extracorporeal …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenators are used in critical care for the management of
severe respiratory and cardiac failure. Activation of the coagulation system is initiated by the …

The artificial lung (AL) technology is one of the membrane-based artificial organs that partly
augments lung functions, ie blood oxygenation and CO 2 removal. It is generally employed …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is used in critical care to manage patients
with severe respiratory and cardiac failure. ECMO brings blood from a critically ill patient into …

Wound infections originate when exogenous or endogenous bacterial pathogens can
circumvent the barrier of the wound dressing and invade the wound bed. Bacterial …

Since extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (ECMO) has been utilized to save countless
lives by providing continuous extracorporeal breathing and circulation to patients with …

The development of blood-compatible materials represents a grand challenge in
biomaterials science. Blood is a complex fluid containing many types of living cells …

Zwitterionic polymers are important in a wide range of industrial, biological and medical
fields. Their chemical structures include an equal amount of anion and cation groups, and …

Implantation of vascular stents, with particular reference to drug-eluting stents (DESs), is
considered the main tool in treating coronary artery diseases (CADs) and has saved millions …

Although zwitterionic chemistries are among the most promising materials for producing
nonfouling surfaces, their structural diversity has been low until now. Here, we compare the …