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3d Printing With Photopolymerizable Polyester Resins For Resorbable Medical Device Applications, Mathew Murphy Stanford
3d Printing With Photopolymerizable Polyester Resins For Resorbable Medical Device Applications, Mathew Murphy Stanford
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In the past decade, the healthcare industry has seen a significant increase in the use of additive manufacturing (AM or “3D printing”) with subsequent improvement in clinical outcomes.As an exceptional AM technology, vat-photopolymerization (VP), often called stereolithography, can create complex structures and has thus been adopted for a range of biomedical applications including surgical guides, temporary implants, and resorbable tissue scaffolds.However, limitations remain in the availability of photopolymerizable resin materials with appropriate mechanical performance, biodegradability, and biocompatibility for application to resorbable medical devices.
The objective of this work was to employ novel photopolymerizable polyester-based macromers in the development of resorbable …