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ArticleJournal of functional biomaterials2023

High-Precision 3D Printing of Microporous Cochlear Implants for Personalized Local Drug Delivery.

Aikaterini Isaakidou, Iulian Apachitei, Lidy Elena Fratila-Apachitei, Amir Abbas Zadpoor

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Article in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Rational Design of Inner Ear Drug Delivery Systems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  5. Multi-scaleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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4 authors.

Aikaterini IsaakidouDepartment of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0006-9678-9369
Iulian ApachiteiDepartment of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4268-1070
Lidy Elena Fratila-ApachiteiDepartment of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7341-4445
Amir Abbas ZadpoorDepartment of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands.

Funding

Interreg 2Seas Site Drug 2S07-033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hearing loss is a highly prevalent multifactorial disorder affecting 20% of the global population. Current treatments using the systemic administration of drugs are therapeutically ineffective due to the anatomy of the cochlea and the existing blood-labyrinth barrier. Local drug delivery systems can ensure therapeutic drug concentrations locally while preventing adverse effects caused by high dosages of systemically administered drugs. Here, we aimed to design, fabricate, and characterize a local drug delivery system for the human cochlea. The design was relevant to the size of the human ear, included two different shapes, and incorporated two different microporous structures acting as reservoirs for drug loading and release. The four cochlear implant designs were printed using the two-photon polymerization (2PP) technique and the IP-Q photoresist. The optimized 2PP process enabled the fabrication of the cochlear implants with great reproducibility and shape fidelity. Rectangular and cylindrical implants featuring cylindrical and tapered tips, respectively, were successfully printed. Their outer dimensions were 0.6 × 0.6 × 2.4 mm

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cytocompatibilityhearing lossporous cochlear implantsurface qualitytwo-photon polymerization

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PMID37888159
PMCPMC10607433

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