Mechanical properties and biological evaluation of buffalo horn material were examined in this study. The effects of sampling position of buffalo horn on mechanical properties were investigated with uniaxial tension and micron indentation tests. Meanwhile, the variation of element contents in different parts of buffalo horn was determined with elemental analysis, and the microstructure of the horn was measured with scanning electron microscopy. In addition, biological evaluation of buffalo horn was studied with hemolytic test, erythrocyte morphology, platelet and erythrocyte count, and implantation into mouse. Results showed that the buffalo horn had good mechanical properties and mechanical characteristic values of it gradually increased along with the growth direction of the horn, which may be closely related to its microstructure and element content of C, N, and S in different parts of the buffalo horn. On the other hand, because the buffalo horn does not have toxicity, it therefore does not cause hemolysis of erythrocyte and has a good affinity with it. Buffalo horn has good histocompatibility but meanwhile it may induce the platelet adhesion and aggregation. Even so, it does not continue to rise to induce a large number of platelet to aggregate with resulting blood clotting. Therefore, the buffalo horn material has been proved to possess good blood compatibility according to the preliminary evaluation.
Animals ; Biocompatible Materials ; Biomechanical Phenomena ; Buffaloes ; Erythrocytes ; Horns ; chemistry ; ultrastructure ; Mice ; Microscopy, Electron, Scanning

In this article, we introduce the principle, describe the utilization and discuss the future development of three-dimensional printing technology for manufacturing artificial organs.
Artificial Organs ; Humans ; Printing, Three-Dimensional

Using three-dimensional printing to produce antibacterial wound dressing is a new topic that will change the production style of wound dressing industry. Combining with post-3D-printed process, a desktop fused deposition molding equipment can be used to produce wound dressing containing polyvinyl alcohol, alginate and chitosan. The wound dressing produced by FDM has good aspects of absorbency, moisture vapour transmission rate and mechanical property. After loaded with antibacterial agent iodine and silver nano particle, the antibacterial activity rate increases to 99% and it is suitable to use as antibacterial wound dressing. This method affects the production of wound dressing to a more cost-effective way, and provides a possible individualized treatment for patient in the future.
Alginates ; chemistry ; Anti-Bacterial Agents ; administration & dosage ; Bacteria ; drug effects ; Bandages ; economics ; standards ; Chitosan ; chemistry ; Humans ; Iodine ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Nanoparticles ; administration & dosage ; Polyvinyl Alcohol ; chemistry ; Printing, Three-Dimensional ; Silver ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Wound Healing

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a low-cost, high-efficiency production method, which can reduce the current cost and increase the profitability of skin repair material industry nowadays, and develop products with better performance. The 3D printing technology commonly used in the preparation of skin repair materials includes fused deposition molding technology and 3D bioprinting technology. Fused deposition molding technology has the advantages of simple and light equipment, but insufficient material selection. 3D bioprinting technology has more materials to choose from, but the equipment is cumbersome and expensive. In recent years, research on both technologies has focused on the development and application of materials. This article details the principles of fused deposition modeling and 3D bioprinting, research advances in wound dressings and tissue engineering skin production, and future developments in 3D printing on skin tissue repair, including cosmetic restoration and biomimetic tissue engineering. Also, this review prospects the development of 3D printing technology in skin tissue repairment.

Coronary disease is one of the highest mortality diseases in the world,and interventional therapy has been the best treatment choice for its low risks,high efficiency,less wound and rapid recovery after the operation.Thrombus aspiration catheter is one of the most important equipment in the interventional therapy instrument of coronary disease.This paper is based on the demand of clinical and market,designed and manufactured aspirated catheter for the treatment of coronary thrombosis.Through the performance comparison of the material,confirmed the main material quality of thrombus aspiration catheter and its organization.We also made the appraisement for the function of the material and the main performance of the thrombus aspiration catheter.The experiment turned out that our catheter performance is stable and also with highly reliable,which is absolutely fit for the using requirements of the clinical.
Catheters ; Coronary Angiography ; Coronary Thrombosis ; therapy ; Humans ; Suction ; Thrombectomy ; instrumentation ; Treatment Outcome