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Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone
Polycaprolactone and poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone are promising degradable biomaterials for many medical applications. Their mechanical properties, especially a low elastic modulus, make them particularly interesting for implantable devices and scaffolds that target soft tissues like the small int...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10347225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37447611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15132964 |
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author | Peerlinck, Sam Miserez, Marc Reynaerts, Dominiek Gorissen, Benjamin |
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description | Polycaprolactone and poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone are promising degradable biomaterials for many medical applications. Their mechanical properties, especially a low elastic modulus, make them particularly interesting for implantable devices and scaffolds that target soft tissues like the small intestine. However, the specific environment and mechanical loading in the intestinal lumen pose harsh boundary conditions on the design of these devices, and little is known about the degradation of those mechanical properties in small intestinal fluids. Here, we perform tensile tests on injection molded samples of both polymers during in vitro degradation of up to 70 days in human intestinal fluids. We report on yield stress, Young’s modulus, elongation at break and viscoelastic parameters describing both materials at regular time steps during the degradation. These characteristics are bench-marked against degradation studies of the same materials in other media. As a result, we offer time dependent mechanical properties that can be readily used for the development of medical devices that operate in the small intestine. |
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spelling | pubmed-103472252023-07-15 Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone Peerlinck, Sam Miserez, Marc Reynaerts, Dominiek Gorissen, Benjamin Polymers (Basel) Article Polycaprolactone and poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone are promising degradable biomaterials for many medical applications. Their mechanical properties, especially a low elastic modulus, make them particularly interesting for implantable devices and scaffolds that target soft tissues like the small intestine. However, the specific environment and mechanical loading in the intestinal lumen pose harsh boundary conditions on the design of these devices, and little is known about the degradation of those mechanical properties in small intestinal fluids. Here, we perform tensile tests on injection molded samples of both polymers during in vitro degradation of up to 70 days in human intestinal fluids. We report on yield stress, Young’s modulus, elongation at break and viscoelastic parameters describing both materials at regular time steps during the degradation. These characteristics are bench-marked against degradation studies of the same materials in other media. As a result, we offer time dependent mechanical properties that can be readily used for the development of medical devices that operate in the small intestine. MDPI 2023-07-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10347225/ /pubmed/37447611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15132964 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Peerlinck, Sam Miserez, Marc Reynaerts, Dominiek Gorissen, Benjamin Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone |
title | Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone |
title_full | Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone |
title_fullStr | Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone |
title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone |
title_short | Effect of Degradation in Small Intestinal Fluids on Mechanical Properties of Polycaprolactone and Poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone |
title_sort | effect of degradation in small intestinal fluids on mechanical properties of polycaprolactone and poly-l-lactide-co-caprolactone |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10347225/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37447611 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15132964 |
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