Browsing by Subject "Biodegradable"
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(2010-10-12)Commonly used thermoplastic biodegradable polymers are generally brittle and lack appreciable elasticity at physiological temperature and thereby fail to mimic the elastic nature of many human soft tissues such as blood ...
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(2019-07-19)Biodegradable polymers have been used for a variety of biomedical devices since the middle of the 20th century. The researched applications have ranged from dissolvable sutures to, in more recent years, implantable scaffolds. ...
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(2014-05-03)The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is the most frequently ruptured ligament, accounting for an estimated 200,000 injuries and approximately 100,000 reconstructive surgeries each year in the United States. Due to the poor ...