High impact information on Tecoflex

• A more marked decrease in platelet adhesion is, however, observed when the Tecoflex-based membranes are coated with a thin photo-cross-linked layer of poly(ethylene oxide) [1].
• The results suggest that three-dimensionally porous, Tecoflex-derived elastic biomaterials may be suitable substrates for engineering vocal fold tissue [2].
• A combination of cryomicrotomy and transmission Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microscopy was used to investigate chemical changes in unstrained sheets of Pellethane 2363-80A, Tecoflex EG80A and Biomer caused by biodegradation (18 month subcutaneous ovine implant) [3].
• An aliphatic polyether based polyurethane, Tecoflex (TF; Thermedics, Inc., Woburn, MA), is used in the construction of a proprietary peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter [4].
• PC-DLC demonstrated that Tecoflex showed higher complement activation than PC-DLC [5].

Biological context of Tecoflex

• Myoblasts attached, proliferated, displayed migratory activity and differentiated into multinucleated myotubes which expressed myosin heavy chain on solid thin films indicating that Tecoflex SG-80A was permissive for skeletal myogenesis [6].

Anatomical context of Tecoflex

• G8 skeletal myoblasts were cultured on Tecoflex two-dimensional solid thin films fabricated by a spin-casting method [6].
• Twenty-five patients with arthrosis of the first carpometacarpal joint had the os trapezium replaced by a polyurethane implant (Tecoflex), and the results were evaluated after three years (range 28-47 months) [7].
• Cell coating with human embryonal fibroblasts was examined on solid (Plathurane UM 8300) and microporous (Tecoflex 80 A) polyurethane [8].

Associations of Tecoflex with other chemical compounds

• As for C3a measurements, Tecoflex showed higher complement activation than the others [9].

Gene context of Tecoflex

• The authors selected two PCUs, Corethane 80A (Corvita Corporation, Miami, FL) and PCU(1560), and two PEUs, Pellethene 2363-80AE (Dow Chemical Japan, Tokyo, Japan) and Tecoflex EG80A (Thermedics, Inc., Woburn, MA), all of which have similar hard segment compositions (MDI or HMDI:1,4-butanediol(BD)) and the same hardness of 80A [9].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Tecoflex

• This was less pronounced when stents coated with Tecoflex (Advanced Surgical Intervention Co., San Clemente, Calif.) were used [10].
• Based on our TECOFLEX materials technology, the dressing performs like temporary artificial skin [11].
• An organotypic culture assay has been used to assess the biocompatibility and cytotoxicity of an arterial prosthesis developed at the University of Texas-Arlington (the UTA graft) from a structurally modified polyurethane (PU) elastomer (Tecoflex) [12].

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