Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
Volume 90A, Issue 3, Pages 920-930Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32154
Keywords
biodegradation; in vitro test; polyurethane; scaffold
Funding
- Dutch Research Foundation, Ministry of Economic Affairs
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Biodegradable polyesterurethanes (PUs) may be used as scaffold materials for tissue regeneration applications, because of their excellent mechanical properties. In this study, the degradation of highly porous PU foams was evaluated in vitro. The PU had amorphous soft segments of DL-lactide/epsilon-caprolactone and uniform hard segments, synthesized from 1,4-butanediisocyanate and butanediol. The foams were degraded for 3 years in a Sorensen buffer solution (pH 7.4) at 37 and 60 degrees C. Dimensions of the foams, intrinsic viscosity, mass loss, thermal properties, and composition of the remaining material were evaluated. Copolyester (CP) foams of DL-lactide/epsilon-caprolactone served as controls. The PU foams kept their dimensions for 20 weeks at 37 degrees C, whereas CP foams collapsed after 3 weeks. PU mass loss reached a maximum of 80% at both 37 and 60 degrees C. CP mass loss reached 99.9%, at 60 degrees, and 92% at 37 degrees C after 3 years. The degradation processes at 37 and 60 degrees C are initially the same, but eventually degradation products with different thermal properties are being formed. H-1 NMR studies showed that the hard urethane segments of the PU do not degrade in vitro at pH 7.4. It was concluded that the PU material has favorable characteristics for a scaffold material. Compared to long-term in vivo results of the same PU these in vitro results are not representative for the in vivo situation and therefore total resorption has to be investigated in long-term in vivo studies. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res 90A: 920-930, 2009
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