Electrospun materials for tissue engineering and biomedical applications : research, design and commercialization / edtied by Tamer Uyar and Erich Kny.

Front Cover; Electrospun Materials for Tissue Engineering and Biomedical Applications: Research, Design and Commercialization; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Part One: Introduction to Electrospinning for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Applications; Chapter 1: Electrospinning: A versatile processing technology for producing nanofibrous materials for biomedical and tiss ...; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Biomedical application of electrospun nanofibers; 1.2.1. Drug delivery; 1.2.2. Tissue engineering; 1.2.3. Wound dressing; 1.2.4. Antimicrobial

1.3. Commercialization prospectus1.4. Conclusion; Chapter 2: General requirements of electrospun materials for tissue engineering: Setups and strategy for successful elect ...; 2.1. Electrospinnable materials for TE applications; 2.1.1. Synthetic and natural polymers used in electrospinning for biomedical applications; 2.1.2. Requirements for solvents; 2.2. Electrospinning technologies and set-ups; 2.2.1. Fabrication of the structures with different orientation of the fibers

2.2.2. Production of fibrous structures with non-homogenous composition of fibers or with diverse composition of layers2.2.3. Strategies for fabrication of 3D electrospun constructs; 2.3. Basics of industrial upscaling of electrospinning; 2.4. Conclusions; Chapter 3: Biomedical applications of electrospinning, innovations, and products; 3.1. Innovative technologies with potential for scaling; 3.2. Brief history of electrospinning; 3.3. Nozzle-based multijet electrospinning; 3.4. Electroblowing; 3.5. Fiber generators in needleless electrospinning; 3.6. Bubble-electrospinning

3.7. Electrospinning-based scaled up developments and commercial products3.8. Future prospects and outlook; Chapter 4: Structuring of electrospun nanofiber mats by 3D printing methods; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Obtaining oriented nanofibers; 4.2.1. Manipulation of the electrostatic field; 4.2.2. Dynamic devices; 4.2.3. Complex patterned architectures by additive manufacturing methods (AM); 4.3. Conclusion and future perspectives; Chapter 5: Melt electrospinning in tissue engineering; 5.1. Introduction to the process of melt electrospinning; 5.2. Comparison with solution electrospinning

5.3. Applications in tissue engineering5.3.1. Neural tissue; 5.3.2. Muscle tissue; 5.3.3. Cartilage tissue; 5.3.4. Bone tissue; 5.3.5. Skin tissue; 5.3.6. Tendon tissue; 5.4. Future directions for the field of melt electrospinning and potential commercial applications; Chapter 6: In vivo safety evaluations of electrospun nanofibers for biomedical applications; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Safety evaluations of nanofibers; 6.2.1. In vivo studies in animal models; 6.2.2. Clinical studies in human; 6.3. Conclusions and outlook