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Journal of Functional Biomaterials, Volume 7, Issue 4

December 2016 - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,240 Views
13 Pages

Use of Micropatterned Thin Film Nitinol in Carotid Stents to Augment Embolic Protection

  • Mahdis Shayan,
  • Brian T. Jankowitz,
  • Puneeth Shridhar and
  • Youngjae Chun

Stenting is an alternative to endarterectomy for the treatment of carotid artery stenosis. However, stenting is associated with a higher risk of procedural stroke secondary to distal thromboembolism. Hybrid stents with a micromesh layer have been pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,556 Views
14 Pages

Responses of Vascular Endothelial Cells to Photoembossed Topographies on Poly(Methyl Methacrylate) Films

  • Lin Qiu,
  • Nanayaa F. Hughes-Brittain,
  • Cees W. M. Bastiaansen,
  • Ton Peijs and
  • Wen Wang

Failures of vascular grafts are normally caused by the lack of a durable and adherent endothelium covering the graft which leads to thrombus and neointima formation. A promising approach to overcome these issues is to create a functional, quiescent m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
7,615 Views
14 Pages

Silica-Based and Borate-Based, Titania-Containing Bioactive Coatings Characterization: Critical Strain Energy Release Rate, Residual Stresses, Hardness, and Thermal Expansion

  • Omar Rodriguez,
  • Ali Matinmanesh,
  • Sunjeev Phull,
  • Emil H. Schemitsch,
  • Paul Zalzal,
  • Owen M. Clarkin,
  • Marcello Papini and
  • Mark R. Towler

Silica-based and borate-based glass series, with increasing amounts of TiO2 incorporated, are characterized in terms of their mechanical properties relevant to their use as metallic coating materials. It is observed that borate-based glasses exhibit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
10,147 Views
12 Pages

Characterization and Schwann Cell Seeding of up to 15.0 cm Long Spider Silk Nerve Conduits for Reconstruction of Peripheral Nerve Defects

  • Tim Kornfeld,
  • Peter M. Vogt,
  • Vesna Bucan,
  • Claas-Tido Peck,
  • Kerstin Reimers and
  • Christine Radtke

Nerve reconstruction of extended nerve defect injuries still remains challenging with respect to therapeutic options. The gold standard in nerve surgery is the autologous nerve graft. Due to the limitation of adequate donor nerves, surgical alternati...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,918 Views
13 Pages

Electrostatic endothelial cell seeding has evolved as an exceptional technique to improve the efficiency of cell seeding in terms of frequency of attached cells and the amount of cell adhesion for the treatment of vascular diseases. In the recent tim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,694 Views
11 Pages

Cerebral Microvascular and Systemic Effects Following Intravenous Administration of the Perfluorocarbon Emulsion Perftoran

  • Rania Abutarboush,
  • Biswajit K. Saha,
  • Saad H. Mullah,
  • Francoise G. Arnaud,
  • Ashraful Haque,
  • Chioma Aligbe,
  • Georgina Pappas,
  • Charles R. Auker,
  • Richard M. McCarron and
  • Paula F. Moon-Massat
  • + 1 author

Oxygen-carrying perfluorocarbon (PFC) fluids have the potential to increase tissue oxygenation during hypoxic states and to reduce ischemic cell death. Regulatory approval of oxygen therapeutics was halted due to concerns over vasoconstrictive side e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,501 Views
8 Pages

Debris Evaluation after Root Canal Shaping with Rotating and Reciprocating Single-File Systems

  • Alberto Dagna,
  • Giulia Gastaldo,
  • Riccardo Beltrami and
  • Claudio Poggio

This study evaluated the root canal dentine surface by scanning electron microscope (SEM) after shaping with two reciprocating single-file NiTi systems and two rotating single-file NiTi systems, in order to verify the presence/absence of the smear la...

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