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Surface Modifying Additives Reduce Thrombogenicity: An In Vitro And Clinical Evaluation, H. T. Spijker, J. Haan, R. Graaff, P. W. Boonstra, W. Van Oeveren
Surface Modifying Additives Reduce Thrombogenicity: An In Vitro And Clinical Evaluation, H. T. Spijker, J. Haan, R. Graaff, P. W. Boonstra, W. Van Oeveren
Cells and Materials
To improve the biocompatibility of biomaterials a new surface treatment has been described based on the addition of polysiloxane containing copolymers to the base polymer resin (surface modifying additives). In an in vitro and a clinical study, we compared the thrombogenicity of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) to PVC with these surface modifying additives (SMA).
In the in vitro study, adsorption of thrombin and fibrinogen, binding of platelets and platelet release were measured on the tubing and were found reduced on SMA-PVC.
For the clinical study, we examined tubing material and blood collected after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Onto the tubing, the binding …