Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM) is one of the additive manufacturing (AM) techniques that have emerged as most feasible and prevalent approach for generating functional parts due to its ability produce neat intricate parts. FDM mainly utilises widely used polymers, polylactic acid, also known polylactide (PLA). It an aliphatic polyester material biocompatible thermoplastic, with best design pr...

In this paper, a unique implant containing Gentamicin sulfate with biocompatible poly-lactide powders was developed by using such 3D printing (3D printing) process. The implantable drug delivery system prototypes, which were constructed matrix structure; double-layer structure and sandwich structure, manufactured different processing parameters. cross-sectional morphology of the characterized t...

BACKGROUND Postoperative pain management is important for preventing perioperative complications. The authors examined the effectiveness of controlled-release lidocaine for sciatic nerve block in a rat model of postoperative pain. METHODS The authors created a novel slow-release lidocaine sheet (SRLS) with polylactic-coglycolic acid. In male Sprague-Dawley rats (postoperative pain model), the...

Tissue engineering technologies: just a quick note about transplantation of bioengineered donor trachea and augmentation cystoplasty by de novo engineered bladder tissue. C. Alberti Tissue engineering is a multidisciplinary scientific field that aims at manufacturing in vitro biological substitutes to enhance or replace failing human organs. Various types of biodegradable synthetic polymer (pol...

polylactic acid based biodegradable nanocomposites reinforced with acetylated nanocellulose were fabricated with solution casting procedure. the nanocomposites were prepared by adding 1, 3 and 5% nanofiber loadings. the microstructure, physical, mechanical and thermal properties of the prepared nanocomposites were investigated. scanning electronic microscope (sem) analysis of the composites con...