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
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