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A 3D printed drug delivery implant formed from a dynamic supramolecular polyurethane formulation

Sara Salimi, Yun‐Long Wu, Maria Inês Evangelista Barreiros, Az Alddien Natfji, Shaban Khaled, Ricky D. Wildman, Lewis R. Hart, Francesca Greco, Elizabeth A. Clark, Clive J. Roberts, Wayne Hayes

2020Polymer Chemistry50 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Prototype drug eluting implants have been 3D printed using a supramolecular polyurethane-PEG formulation. The implants are capable of releasing a pharmaceutical active with effective drug release over a period of up to 8.5 months.

Topics & Concepts

PolyurethaneDrug deliverySupramolecular chemistryImplantDrug3d printedMaterials sciencePEG ratioBiomedical engineeringNanotechnologyChemistryMedicineSurgeryComposite materialPharmacologyOrganic chemistryCrystal structureEconomicsFinancePolymer composites and self-healingBone Tissue Engineering MaterialsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
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