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ArticleManufacturing letters2024

3D Melt Blowing of Elastollan Thermoplastic Polyurethane for Tissue Engineering Applications: A Pilot Study.

Advay Pawar, Bruce Anderson, Behnam Pourdeyhimi, Amy L McNulty, Matthew Fisher, Rohan Shirwaiker

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Article in Manufacturing letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exploiting Device Deformability for Fluid and Particle Manipulation.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Advay PawarFitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
Bruce AndersonThe Nonwovens Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
Behnam PourdeyhimiThe Nonwovens Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA.
Amy L McNultyDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Matthew FisherComparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
Rohan ShirwaikerFitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.

Funding

Using 3D Nonwovens Fabrication to Engineer Region-Specific Extracellular Matrix Structure and Bioactivity of the Knee MeniscusR01AR078245 · NIAMS · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI FISHER, MATTHEW B, MCNULTY, AMY L · 2021 to 2025
$2.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR078245
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Scaffolds, in addition to being biocompatible, should possess structural and mechanical properties similar to the natural tissues they intend to replace. Many tissue engineering applications require porous 3D scaffolds characterized by unique microfibrous organization and mechanical anisotropy. Manufacturing process principles and process parameter-biomaterial interactions ultimately govern the properties that can be achieved in the scaffold. In this study, we investigate a recently developed nonwoven scaffold fabrication process, 3D melt blowing (3DMB), for processing Elastollan

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Elastollanmeltblowingmusculoskeletalnonwovenscaffoldsthermoplastic polyurethanetissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID40406708
PMCPMC12097755

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