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Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 13(5), 527-542 (2002-08-17)
A multiblock copolymer composed of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO) and which forms a physical hydrogel was blended with Pellethane, a commercial segmented polyurethane (SPU) developed for various biomedical devices, to provide a PEO-rich surface with improved stability.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 64(2), 309-319 (2003-01-11)
To investigate the effects of polymer chemistry and topology (linear or graft copolymer) on in vivo biocompatibility and biostability based on cage implant system, various hydrogels, composed of short hydrophilic [polyethylene oxide (PEO)] and hydrophobic block, were prepared by polycondensation
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 7(12), 1105-1118 (1996-01-01)
Non-polar hydrophobic poly(isobutylene)glycol (PIBG) was substituted for poly(tetramethylene ether)glycol (PTMEG) in poly(ether urethanes) based on 4,4'-methylenebis-(phenylisocyanate) (MDI) and 1,4-butanediol (BD) as chain extender. Two series of polyurethanes differing in their soft segment length, polymer composition, and hard segment content were
Journal of biomedical materials research, 34(4), 439-455 (1997-03-15)
The adhesion of platelets to a series of segmented polyurethanes having sulfonate groups in the hard segment is reported. The polyurethanes were synthesized using sulfonated chain extenders of different structure. Analogous control materials without sulfonate groups also were studied. Adhesion
Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine, 21(2), 385-392 (2009-09-17)
The osteoconduction potential of artificial materials is usually evaluated in vitro by apatite formation in a simulated body fluid (SBF) proposed by Kokubo and his colleagues. This paper reports the compositional dependence of apatite formation on organic-inorganic hybrids in the
Journal of biomedical materials research, 28(3), 329-342 (1994-03-01)
In an attempt to improve endothelial cell adhesion and growth on a polyurethane copolymer, cell adhesive RGD-containing peptides were grafted to the polymer backbone. Two peptide grafting reaction schemes, including one-step and two-step approaches, were developed. FTIR and amino acid
Journal of biomedical materials research, 24(7), 913-927 (1990-07-01)
Spherical, highly porous beads of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) cross-linked with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM) were prepared by suspension polymerization of HEMA in concentrated NaCl solutions in presence of toluene, poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) in toluene, and poly(tetramethylene glycol) (PTMG). Magnesium hydroxide
Rapid communications in mass spectrometry : RCM, 21(5), 787-791 (2007-02-07)
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) were combined to achieve characterization of polyether mixtures. Three polyethers, polyethylene glycol (PEG), polypropylene glycol (PPG) and polytetramethylene glycol (PTMG), or mixtures of these compounds, were studied. One shortcoming of
Journal of nanobiotechnology, 10, 2-2 (2012-01-10)
Efficient delivery of anticancer chemotherapies such as paclitaxel (PTX) can improve treatment strategy in a variety of tumors such as breast and ovarian cancers. Accordingly, researches on polymeric nanomicelles continue to find suitable delivery systems. However, due to biocompatibility concerns
Biomaterials, 26(33), 6536-6546 (2005-07-05)
Previous studies reported on the delivery of vitamin E to the surface of a polycarbonate polyurethane (PCNU) to produce antioxidant surfaces, using a bioactive fluorinated surface modifer (BFSM). In the current report, a cell adhesive peptide sequence was coupled to
Biomaterials, 16(6), 457-466 (1995-04-01)
A series of poly(tetramethylene oxide)-based polyurethane block copolymers was synthesized with varying levels of sulphonate ion incorporated in the hard segment block. Static in vitro adhesion of polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMNs) on the underivatized and propyl sulphonate-grafted polyurethanes was investigated. The
Bio-medical materials and engineering, 4(3), 171-185 (1994-01-01)
The present work is a study of the effects of soft segment molecular weight and chemical structure on the fatigue crack propagation of model copoly (ether-urethane-urea)s (PEUU). The PEUU were synthesized using polypropylene glycol (PPG), polytetramethylene glycol (PTMG), and polyethylene
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 6(1), 41-54 (1994-01-01)
A series of novel polyurethane elastomers based on methylenediphenyl diisocyanate, 1,4-butanediol and the macrodiols, poly(hexamethylene oxide), poly(octamethylene oxide), and poly(decamethylene oxide) were implanted subcutaneously in sheep for periods of 3 and 6 months. The specimens that were subjected to 3
Journal of biomedical materials research, 49(1), 99-105 (1999-11-24)
Interaction of macrophages (Mos) with polyetherurethane (PEU) was investigated to clarify the role of the Mos in the early stage of tumorigenesis of PEUs. As for the inflammatory cytokines produced from Mos, the amount of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) produced
Biomaterials, 23(8), 1797-1808 (2002-04-13)
In vitro protein adsorption, platelet adhesion and activation on new hydrogel surfaces, composed of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO) or poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS), were investigated. By varying PEO length (MW = 2000 or 3400), hydrophobic components (PTMO or
Journal of colloid and interface science, 277(2), 304-308 (2004-09-03)
Aqueous dispersions of poly(ester-imide)s [P(E-I)s] have been prepared by dispersing the P(E-I)s in water without any external solubilizing agents. P(E-I)s were prepared from anhydride-terminated polyester prepolymer and diisocyanate. The -COOH groups in the polymer were then neutralized using triethylamine and
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 5(3), 231-244 (1993-01-01)
Poly(etherurethane urea) (PEUU) elastomers when employed as biomedical devices may be susceptible to extraction upon implantation. Four PEUU elastomers containing a single PEUU formulation, but varying in terms of their additives, were subjected to an in vitro extraction procedure. The
Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry, 22(10), 1744-1752 (2011-09-29)
Collision induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry experiments were performed to unequivocally separate compounds from an isobaric mixture of two products. The Survival Yield curve was obtained and is shown to consist in a linear combination of the curves corresponding to
Biomaterials, 17(22), 2163-2172 (1996-11-01)
Hybrid biomaterials have been produced by the interaction of polyurethane oligomers with both fresh and glutaraldehyde-fixed porcine pericardium. The hybrid biomaterials so formed were translucent with occasional white streaks and/or spots, had increased stiffness (to touch) but remained pliable. No
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 8(10), 779-795 (1997-01-01)
Although biodegradation of model poly(ester-urethane)s and poly(ether-urethane)s has been demonstrated using a single enzyme system (cholesterol esterase (CE) in vitro, in vivo biodegradation most likely involves many processes acting together. In this study, the physical (film vs textured surface) and
Biomacromolecules, 10(4), 850-857 (2009-03-20)
New classes of amphiphilic polyesters were prepared from metallated (Si, Ge) fatty methyl ester (FAME) precursors and poly(tetramethylene oxide) glycol. Hydrosilylation of 10-undecenoic methyl ester by tetramethyldisiloxane occurred at 80 degrees C in the presence of Karstedt's catalyst, and hydrogermylation
Carbohydrate polymers, 92(1), 490-496 (2012-12-12)
A series of aqueous polyurethane dispersions were synthesized by the reaction of polytetramethylene glycol and isophorone diisocyanate, extended with dimethylol propionic acid. Their chemical structures were characterized using FTIR, (1)H NMR, and (13)C NMR, and thermal properties were determined by
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 10(12), 1183-1205 (2000-02-15)
Two novel aliphatic polyurethaneurea anionomers were synthesized based on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-polytetramethylene oxide (PTMO) soft segments. The hard segments consisted of either 4,4'-methylene dicyclohexyl diisocyanate (H12MDI), sulfonic acid-containing diol and 1,4-butandiol (BD) or H12MDI, carboxylic acid-containing diol and BD. The nonionic
Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 5(3), 183-196 (1993-01-01)
The relationships among surface, bulk properties and lipid sorption behaviors of segmented polyurethanes (SPUs) with various polyol soft segments were investigated. The polyols used in this study were poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO), poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO), and poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS). The hard segment
Organic-solvent extraction of model biomaterials for use in the in vitro chromosome aberration test.
Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 86(1), 13-22 (2007-10-18)
We prepared polyurethane (PU) containing 0.4% or 4% 4,4'-methylenedianiline (MDA) as model materials to investigate the effectiveness of sample preparation by organic-solvent extraction for the in vitro chromosome aberration (CA) test. MDA itself (0.4 mg/mL) was positive only in the
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