Transparent film dressings have many of the attributes of the ideal wound dressing. However, currently available film dressings are deficient in their ability to handle varying levels of wound exudate. The permeability of ...

The adhesion of platelets, red blood cells, and lymphocytes onto various polymer substrates, hydrophobic to hydrophilic in nature, has been studied. Cell adhesion is found to be higher on hydrophilic substrates. The stability ...

The in vitro hemodynamic characteristics of a variety of mechanical and tissue heart valve designs used during the past two decades were investigated in the aortic position under pulsatile flow conditions. The following ...

The manufacture of a polyester vascular prosthesis in the southern hemisphere is a new development in the global dissemination of this maturing technology. Hence the recent introduction of the Barone Microvelour® arterial ...

In this study it is demonstrated that the combined chemical and mechanical influences of the implant situation cause property changes of ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) hip joint cups. Nearly 250 loosened ...

Polymer-associated infection is a problem of increasing importance in modern medicine. In a new approach to prevent such infections we have modified polyvinylfluoride (TEDLAR) films by graft copolymerization with ...

Infection caused regarding vascular grafts in vascular surgery still remains a major problem. To reduce this problem and the complications which follow, the surgeon must be able to apply the best surgical management and ...

This review on the radiation effects on pharmaceutical materials, with a view to their sterilization by gamma radiation, attempts to cover all the pertinent literature published over the period 1975 to 1992.