Applications

As medical device and regenerative medicine therapies move to more biological biomaterials that are resorbed after implantation, absorbable polymers play a key role in providing structural and mechanical integrity in vivo while remodeling takes place. Absorbable polymer properties are fine tuned so that the degradation rate is not faster than the remodeling rate to ensure implant safety and efficacy. With the advent of 3D printing and personalized medicine, absorbable polymers that can be used as bioinks for additive manufacturing by the bedside for patient-specific devices and therapies are in high demand. Several of our polymer formulations such as absorbable polyurethanes, PLA, PCL and PDS polymers and copolymers can be used as bioinks in additive manufacturing.