Analysis of Effective Interconnectivity of DegraPol-foams Designed for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Morphological analysis and swelling of DP-, PU- and PVA-foams
2.2. Determination of the effective interconnectivity of DP-, PU- and PVA-foams by bead perfusion experiments
3. Experimental Section
3.1. DP-foams
3.2. PU- and PVA-foams
3.3. Swelling Experiments
3.4. Flow device
3.5. Determination of interconnectivity of the pores in DP-, PU- and PVA-foams
3.6. Morphological characterization of polymer foams
3.6.1. Macroscope images
3.6.2. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
4. Conclusions
Conflict of interest
Acknowledgements
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Milleret, V.; Bittermann, A.G.; Mayer, D.; Hall, H. Analysis of Effective Interconnectivity of DegraPol-foams Designed for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. Materials 2009, 2, 292-306. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma2010292
Milleret V, Bittermann AG, Mayer D, Hall H. Analysis of Effective Interconnectivity of DegraPol-foams Designed for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy. Materials. 2009; 2(1):292-306. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma2010292
Chicago/Turabian StyleMilleret, Vincent, Anne Greet Bittermann, Dieter Mayer, and Heike Hall. 2009. "Analysis of Effective Interconnectivity of DegraPol-foams Designed for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy" Materials 2, no. 1: 292-306. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ma2010292