Title :
Manufacturing of fibro-porous biomaterials with controlled micro-architecture
Author :
Peoples, C.R. ; Sanders, J.E.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Biomater. Program, Washington Univ., Seattle, WA, USA
Abstract :
Single polymer micro-fibers and fibro-porous meshes for potential use in soft-tissue biomaterial applications were fabricated using an electrospinning method. Micro-fibers of diameters less than 4 μm were produced, a size demonstrated in previous in vivo single fiber studies to minimize fibrous capsule formation. A next step will be to evaluate mesh performance in vivo
Keywords :
biomedical materials; drawing (mechanical); polymer fibres; porous materials; 4 micron; controlled micro-architecture; electrospinning method; fatigue; fibro-porous biomaterials; fibro-porous meshes; manufacturing; mechanical strength; minimized capsule formation; single polymer micro-fibers; soft-tissue biomaterial applications; Biomedical engineering; Chromium; Coatings; Electrostatics; Fabrication; Implants; In vivo; Manufacturing; Optical fiber testing; Polymers;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803907
