Tissue engineering small diameter blood vessels : ployurethane formulation with urethane acrylate in micro-patterned scaffold with mechanical analysis

• Main Author: Lee, Zhi Chao.
• Other Authors: Chan Bee Eng, Mary
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine::Tissue engineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39709
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The desirable properties of polyurethanes (PUR) promote a high candidacy for biocompatible scaffold in vascular grafts. A typical vascular scaffold must be able to adapt to the contractile and relaxation states of blood vessels without too much deformation, hence the need for higher elastic recov...