Abstract
A blend of three copolymers of 50:50 poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) with inherent viscosities of 0.23, 0.58 and 1.37 dl/gm was used as the starting material of a cartilage implant. The new design's salient in vitro biodegradation characteristics were obtained and compared with those of the current design. The axial strain was calculated at the surface of the implant by normalizing the equilibrium creep value with the initial implant thickness. The Boussinesq-Papkovitch equation was used to calculate Young's modulus, and the porosity was quantified by applying the NIH Image 1.60 software to the images produced by scanning electron microscopy.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference - Proceedings |
| Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ, United States |
| Publisher | IEEE |
| Pages | 21 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference - San Antonio, TX, USA Duration: Feb 6 1998 → Feb 8 1998 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the 1998 17th Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference |
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| City | San Antonio, TX, USA |
| Period | 2/6/98 → 2/8/98 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
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Spain, T. L., Agrawal, C. M., & Athanasiou, K. A. (1998). New technique to extend the useful life of a biodegradable cartilage implant. In Southern Biomedical Engineering Conference - Proceedings (pp. 21). IEEE.