ISSN:
0021-9304
Keywords:
gelatin
;
films
;
tissue
;
bonding
;
argon beam
;
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
,
Technology
Notes:
Cross-linked gelatin films were bonded to heart muscle and to lung pleura and parenchyma using the electrical discharge of an argon beam radiofrequency coagulator. The bonds were stable in warm saline buffer for minutes to hours. Bonding was thought to partly occur through a mechanical interlock of film and tissue elements. The interdigitation of tissue and film arose during exposure to the argon beam, which denatured protein constituents of both, and created a fluidized state that rapidly coalesced. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res (Appl Biomater) 43: 89-98, 1998
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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