Research progress of shape memory polymer and 4D printing in biomedical application

W Zhao, C Yue, L Liu, Y Liu… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a kind of smart material, shape memory polymer (SMP) shows great application potential
in the biomedical field. Compared with traditional metal‐based medical devices, SMP …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in the development of biodegradable coronary stents: A translational perspective

J Zong, Q He, Y Liu, M Qiu, J Wu, B Hu - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Implantation of cardiovascular stents is an important therapeutic method to treat coronary
artery diseases. Bare-metal and drug-eluting stents show promising clinical outcomes …

Shape memory polymers: Past, present and future developments

MD Hager, S Bode, C Weber, US Schubert - Progress in Polymer Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) represent a highly interesting class of materials. As one
representative of the intelligent polymeric systems, these materials gained significant …

[HTML][HTML] A review of stimuli-responsive shape memory polymer composites

H Meng, G Li - polymer, 2013 - Elsevier
The past decade has witnessed remarkable advances in stimuli-responsive shape memory
polymers (SMPs) with potential applications in biomedical devices, aerospace, textiles, civil …

The return of a forgotten polymer—Polycaprolactone in the 21st century

MA Woodruff, DW Hutmacher - Progress in polymer science, 2010 - Elsevier
During the resorbable-polymer-boom of the 1970s and 1980s, polycaprolactone (PCL) was
used extensively in the biomaterials field and a number of drug-delivery devices. Its …

Recent advances in shape memory soft materials for biomedical applications

BQY Chan, ZWK Low, SJW Heng… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart and adaptive materials able to recover their
shape through an external stimulus. This functionality, combined with the good …

A review on additive manufacturing of shape-memory materials for biomedical applications

N Sabahi, W Chen, CH Wang, JJ Kruzic, X Li - Jom, 2020 - Springer
Shape-memory materials (SMMs) are characterized by their unique ability to remember and
recover their shape in response to external stimuli. Over recent decades, the use of SMMs in …

Cardiovascular stents: overview, evolution, and next generation

S Borhani, S Hassanajili, SH Ahmadi Tafti… - Progress in …, 2018 - Springer
Compared to bare-metal stents (BMSs), drug-eluting stents (DESs) have been regarded as a
revolutionary change in coronary artery diseases (CADs). Releasing pharmaceutical agents …

Water‐triggered stiffening of shape‐memory polyurethanes composed of hard backbone dangling PEG soft segments

W Liu, A Wang, R Yang, H Wu, S Shao… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Shape‐memory polymers (SMPs) induced by heat or water are commonly used candidates
for biomedical applications. Shape recovery inevitably leads to a dramatic decrease of …

Biomedical applications of thermally activated shape memory polymers

W Small IV, P Singhal, TS Wilson… - Journal of materials …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart materials that can remember a primary shape
and can return to this primary shape from a deformed secondary shape when given an …