Polyurethanes for Biomedical Applications
Saba Goharshenas Moghadam, Hamidreza Parsimehr, Amir Ershad‐Langroudi
Abstract
Increasing attention to hygiene and health care has led to the development of biomedical and biomedical material applications. Various biomedical applications have been created from polymers due to their swift development. Polyurethanes (PUs) have several important biomedical applications. The most advanced biomedical applications—including responses to stimuli, drug delivery, scaffolding, prosthesis development, and wound dressing—have determined the importance of PUs and PU nanocomposites. Also, preparation of smart and responsive PUs can improve their biomedical applications. The next generation of PU biomedical applications belongs to smart, benign, biocompatible, and durable PUs, with appropriate physicochemical properties.