Photopolymerizable hydrogels for implants: Monte-Carlo modeling and experimental in vitro validation.

Détails

ID Serval
serval:BIB_B816466D9F47
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Titre
Photopolymerizable hydrogels for implants: Monte-Carlo modeling and experimental in vitro validation.
Périodique
Journal of Biomedical Optics
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Schmocker A., Khoushabi A., Schizas C., Bourban P.E., Pioletti D.P., Moser C.
ISSN
1560-2281 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1083-3668
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2014
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
19
Numéro
3
Pages
35004
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Publication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Photopolymerization is commonly used in a broad range of bioapplications, such as drug delivery, tissue engineering, and surgical implants, where liquid materials are injected and then hardened by means of illumination to create a solid polymer network. However, photopolymerization using a probe, e.g., needle guiding both the liquid and the curing illumination, has not been thoroughly investigated. We present a Monte Carlo model that takes into account the dynamic absorption and scattering parameters as well as solid-liquid boundaries of the photopolymer to yield the shape and volume of minimally invasively injected, photopolymerized hydrogels. In the first part of the article, our model is validated using a set of well-known poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate hydrogels showing an excellent agreement between simulated and experimental volume-growth-rates. In the second part, in situ experimental results and simulations for photopolymerization in tissue cavities are presented. It was found that a cavity with a volume of 152  mm3 can be photopolymerized from the output of a 0.28-mm2 fiber by adding scattering lipid particles while only a volume of 38  mm3 (25%) was achieved without particles. The proposed model provides a simple and robust method to solve complex photopolymerization problems, where the dimension of the light source is much smaller than the volume of the photopolymerizable hydrogel.
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Oui
Création de la notice
05/08/2014 19:02
Dernière modification de la notice
20/08/2019 16:26
Données d'usage