The biocompatibility of surface-modified biphasic calcium phosphate （mBCP）/poly-L-Lactide （PLLA） biocomposite was investigated through a series of experiments in vitro and in vivo. Acute toxicity and short term sy...The biocompatibility of surface-modified biphasic calcium phosphate （mBCP）/poly-L-Lactide （PLLA） biocomposite was investigated through a series of experiments in vitro and in vivo. Acute toxicity and short term systemic toxicity experiments revealed no toxicity of the materials. Hemolysis assay indicated the good blood compatibility of the composite. In cytotoxicity assay, L929 mouse fibroblasts could well differentiate and proliferate. Animal experiments in vivo were.performed by implanting the materials into rabbits muscle for 8 weeks. The decreasing of inflammatory cells, the building of fibrous tissue layer as well as the growing of blood cells into materials indicated the nontoxicity of the composite. Based on the experiment results, surfacemodified BCP/PLLA biocomposite is proven to have superior biocompatibility, which would be a promising bone repairing material.展开更多
A three-dimensional finite element analysis was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of predicting the flexural properties of hydroxyapatite-reinforced poly-L-lactide acid （HA/PLLA） biocomposite using three differe...A three-dimensional finite element analysis was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of predicting the flexural properties of hydroxyapatite-reinforced poly-L-lactide acid （HA/PLLA） biocomposite using three different schemes. The scheme 1, originated from a beam analysis, was used to determine the flexural modulus analytically while the scheme 2 and 3 were designed to have different loading and boundary conditions using a finite element cell modeling approach. An empirical approach using Chow＇s formula and experimental data were used for comparison with the predicted results. In order to reduce the computational time and save the storage space involved in determining the effect of varying particle volume fractions on the flexural properties of HA/PLLA, a superelement technique was applied. The results using the scheme 3 and the Chow＇s formula were found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental results over the range of particle volume fraction. In addition to the Chow＇s formula, local stress distribution and the failure processes in HA/PLLA were simulated using the finite element technique.展开更多
基金supported by Doctoral Fund of Ministry of Education of China under grant No.20060610024
文摘The biocompatibility of surface-modified biphasic calcium phosphate （mBCP）/poly-L-Lactide （PLLA） biocomposite was investigated through a series of experiments in vitro and in vivo. Acute toxicity and short term systemic toxicity experiments revealed no toxicity of the materials. Hemolysis assay indicated the good blood compatibility of the composite. In cytotoxicity assay, L929 mouse fibroblasts could well differentiate and proliferate. Animal experiments in vivo were.performed by implanting the materials into rabbits muscle for 8 weeks. The decreasing of inflammatory cells, the building of fibrous tissue layer as well as the growing of blood cells into materials indicated the nontoxicity of the composite. Based on the experiment results, surfacemodified BCP/PLLA biocomposite is proven to have superior biocompatibility, which would be a promising bone repairing material.
基金Project supported by the Research Committee of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (No.G-YX34).
文摘A three-dimensional finite element analysis was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of predicting the flexural properties of hydroxyapatite-reinforced poly-L-lactide acid （HA/PLLA） biocomposite using three different schemes. The scheme 1, originated from a beam analysis, was used to determine the flexural modulus analytically while the scheme 2 and 3 were designed to have different loading and boundary conditions using a finite element cell modeling approach. An empirical approach using Chow＇s formula and experimental data were used for comparison with the predicted results. In order to reduce the computational time and save the storage space involved in determining the effect of varying particle volume fractions on the flexural properties of HA/PLLA, a superelement technique was applied. The results using the scheme 3 and the Chow＇s formula were found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental results over the range of particle volume fraction. In addition to the Chow＇s formula, local stress distribution and the failure processes in HA/PLLA were simulated using the finite element technique.
