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FROM A POLYMER TOWARDS AN IN-SITU TISSUE ENGINEERED HEART VALVE
Figure 6.7 Overview on the mechanical properties of explanted samples and molecular weights of the recovered PCL2kU4Un. Data for the 6 sterilized PCL2kU4Un sca olds are also shown (t=0) (a) Young’s modulus (b) Ultimate tensile strength (c) Elongation at Ultimate tensile strength
and (b) molecular weight.
The molecular weight of the PCL2kU4Un sca old 5 weeks, there was no significant change in the material dropped from 76 to 60 kDa a er molecular weight of the sca old (Figure 6.7d). γ-sterilization. During implantation over the next
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