Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference (대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집)
- Volume 1990 Issue 05
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- Pages.9-12
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- 1990
In vitro investigation of algin impregnated vascular graft
알진이 도포된 인공혈관의 물성 평가
- Lee, Jin-Ho (Polymer Research Lab.3, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
- Shin, Bung-Chul (Polymer Research Lab.3, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
- Khang, Gil-Son (Polymer Research Lab.3, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology) ;
- Lee, Hai-Bang (Polymer Research Lab.3, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology)
- Published : 1990.05.23
Abstract
He impregnated a highly porous, knitted polyester (Dacron) graft with a biodegradable nonproteinaceous material, algin. This new vascular graft is blood tight but still retains high porosity in the body. It does not need to be preclotted with blood before implantation and has good tissue ingrowth and biological healing properties due to the high porosity. The algin impregnated graft was investigated by "in vitro" examinations in this study. It was characterized by ESCA analysis, SEM observation, and measurements of water permeability, algin coating weight, mechanical properties and whole blood clotting time. The water permeability of the graft was reduced more than 99% by the algin impregnation treatment without changing any mechanical properties. "In vivo" examinations of the algin impregnated vascular graft are on progress.
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