New Method for Preparing Small-Caliber Artificial Blood Vessel with Controllable Microstructure on the Inner Wall Based on Additive Material Composite Molding

The diameter of most blood vessels in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular system is less than 6 mm. Because the inner diameter of such vessels is small, a built-in stent often leads to thrombosis and other problems. It is an important goal to replace it directly with artificial vessels. This pape...

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Autores principales: Junchao Hu, Zhian Jian, Chunxiang Lu, Na Liu, Tao Yue, Weixia Lan, Yuanyuan Liu
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/7c4fa12a41ae43aa9782726d15791d69
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Sumario:The diameter of most blood vessels in cardiovascular and peripheral vascular system is less than 6 mm. Because the inner diameter of such vessels is small, a built-in stent often leads to thrombosis and other problems. It is an important goal to replace it directly with artificial vessels. This paper creatively proposed a preparation method of a small-diameter artificial vascular graft which can form a controllable microstructure on the inner wall and realize a multi-material composite. On the one hand, the inner wall of blood vessels containing direct writing structure is constructed by electrostatic direct writing and micro-imprinting technology to regulate cell behavior and promote endothelialization; on the other hand, the outer wall of blood vessels was prepared by electrospinning PCL to ensure the stability of mechanical properties of composite grafts. By optimizing the key parameters of the graft, a small-diameter artificial blood vessel with controllable microstructure on the inner wall is finally prepared. The corresponding performance characterization experimental results show that it has advantages in structure, mechanical properties, and promoting endothelialization.