23 Jul Method for preparing high-strength double-network hydrogel stent by virtue of 3D printing
Abstract
The invention discloses a method for preparing a high-strength double-network hydrogel stent by virtue of 3D printing. The method comprises the following steps of adding a polymer monomer N, N-dimethyl acrylamide, an initiator, a crosslinking agent and sodium alginate (SA) into deionized water to form a solution and adding inorganic powder hydroxyapatite to obtain a sol; controlling and extruding the sol by a robot dispenser, and carrying out 3D printing molding to obtain a sol stent; placing the sol stent under ultraviolet light so that the monomer in the stent is subjected to photopolymerization and chemical cross-linking reaction to form a layer of chemically cross-linked network pre-molded hydrogel stent; immersing the pre-molded hydrogel stent into a CaCl2 aqueous solution so that SA in the stent is subjected to physical crosslinking to form a second layer of physically cross-linked network so as to obtain the hydrogel stent having physically and chemically cross-linked double-network. The hydrogel stent prepared by the method has higher mechanical strength and fine internal structure, and the three-dimensional morphology of the stent can be conveniently regulated and controlled to adapt to the complex application requirements of tissue engineering materials.
Year: 2015
Country: CN
Doc No: 104628936