Fabrication of a Knitted Biodegradable Stents for Tracheal Regeneration

【Abstract】 Endoluminal stents for reinforcement and regeneration of human trachea have been developed by weft-knitting method on a small-diameter circular knitting machine. The constituent materials of the stent are Polyglactin, Polypropylene and Chitosan with Polyglactin and Polypropylene plate-stitched fabric acting as backbone while chitosan as matrix, respectively. The fabrication procedures including knitting and coating are described in this paper. Mechanical and animal tests have been carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties of the stents.更多还原