Bioglass composition

Ducheyne P (1985) Bioglass coatings and bioglass composites as implant materials. J Biomed Mater Res 19(3) 273-291... 

The Ceravital composition is in weight % while the Bioglass compositions are in mol %. 

Gheysen G., Ducheyne R, Hench L.L., and de Meester P. 1983. Bioglass composites a potential material for dental application. Biomaterials 4 81-84. 

Blaker, J.J., Maquet, V, Jerome, R. et al. (2005) Mechanical properties of highly porous PDLLA/ Bioglass composite foams as scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Acta Biomaterialia, 1,643-652. 

Dorr, L. D., Wan, Z., Longjohn, D. B., Dubois, B., and Murken, R. (2(XK)), Total hip arthn lasty with use of the Metasul metal-on-metal articulation Four to seven-year results, J. Bone Joint Surg. 82A(6) 789-798. Ducheyne, P. (1985), Bioglass coatings and Bioglass composites as implant materials, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 

Maquet, V., Boccaccini, A. R., Pravata, L., Notingher, I. and Jerdme, R., Porous poly(a-hydroxy acids)/Bioglass composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. I Preparation and in vitro characterisation. Biomaterials 25, 4185-4194 (2004). 

Rodenas-Rochina, J., RibeUes, J., Lebourg, M., 2013. Comparative study of PCL-HAp and PCL-bioglass composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine 24, 1293—1308. 

Figure 16.4 Histology of new bone growth from a polyurethane/45S5 bioglass composite after 16 weeks in vivo in a rat femoral condyle plug defect (P, polymer NB, new mineralized bone BG, 45S5 bioglass).

Boccaccini, A.R. and Maquet, V. (2003) Bioresorbable and bioactive polymer/ Bioglass composites with tailored pore structure for tissue engineering applications. Composites Science and Technology, 63(15), 2417-29. 

Helen, W., Merry, C.L, Blaker, J.J. and Gough, J.E. (2008) Three-dimensional culture of annulus fibrosus cells within PDLLA/Bioglass composite foam scaffolds assessment of cell attachment, proliferation and extracellular matrix production. Biomaterials, 28(11), 2010-20. 

S. Verrier, J.J. Blaker, V. MaqueL L.L. Hench, A.R. Boccaccini, PDLLA/Bioglass composites for soft-tissue and hard-tissue engineering an in vitro cell biology assessmenL Biomaterials 25 (2004) 3013-3021. 

TGA can be used to verify the composition of composites as well as to analyse the effect of fillers on the thermal stability of the matrix. Figure 7.13 shows the TGA profile of foamed PDLLA on Bioglass particles and on the two PDLLA/Bioglass composite foams [11]. 

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