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Figure 28.5.
Photographs of the PCL tracheal scaffold: (a) the PCL frame
and (b) the PCL frame with the type II collagen sponge in the grooves. (Lin
et al
.
73
)
Table 28.1. Development of various reinforced composite scaffolds.
Application
Type of reinforced scaffold
References
Ligament/tendon Dacron tube
+
inductor (collagen sponge)
31
Carbon fiber
+
PLA/PCL coating
32
Collagen thread
+
PLA coating
36
Silk thread
+
RGD coating
37
+
Silk mesh
silk sponge
38
+
Silk thread
collagen/hyaluronan sponge
40
+
Bone
PLLA fiber
polycaprolactone
65
+
Chitin fiber
collagen/nano-hydroxyapatite
Li
et al.
, 2005
+
PGA fiber
collagen sponge
63
Vicryl
TM
mesh
+
chitosan/calcium phosphate cement
64
+
Vessel
PGA nonwoven fabric
L-lactide/PCL
67
+
PGA/PLA mesh
collagen sponge
70
+
Trachea
Polypropylene mesh
gelatin coating
71
PLGA fiber
+
collagen coating
72
PCL
+
type
±
collagen sponge
73
Skin
Nylon mesh
+
poly 2-hydroxyethylmethacrylatehydrogel 76
PGA fiber
+
collagen sponge
77
Collagen thread
+
collagen sponge
78
Abbreviation
:RGD, arginine-glycine-aspartic acid.
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