Fabrication, Characterization and Cellular Interactions of Keratin Nanomaterial Coatings for Implantable Percutaneous Prosthetics

Implantable medical devices face numerous complications when interfacing with soft tissue, and are plagued by negative responses from host tissue. One such class devices are percutaneous osseointegrated prosthetics (POP). POP consist of a bone anchored titanium post that extrudes through the skin an...

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Main Author: Trent, Alexis Raven
Other Authors: Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/94417