Polyurethanes in biomedical applications

2004-01-01
Polyurethanes are the most commonly used materials in the production of blood contacting devices such as heart valves or artificial veins and arteries. They comprise a large family of materials with the only common characteristic of the presence of urethane linkages along the large molecular chains. In general urethane linkages form by the reaction of isocyanates and alcohols. During the preparation and the curing processes of polyurethanes, besides the formation of urethane linkages, many other reactions take place and lead to formation of various bonds such as allophanate, biuret, acylurea or isocyanurate and these bonds may lead to further branching or crosslinking affecting the whole physical, chemical and mechanical properties as well as the biocompatibilities of the resulting polymers
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Citation Formats
A. Burke and N. Hasırcı, “Polyurethanes in biomedical applications,” BIOMATERIALS: FROM MOLECULES TO ENGINEERED TISSUES, pp. 83–101, 2004, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/30111.