2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Injectable Biomaterials

This session will present studies of injectable gel-forming or self assembling polymeric materials designed for use as cell or biomolecule delivery agents, or as space filling implants.

Chair

John P. Fisher, University of Maryland

Co-Chair

Andrew J. Putnam, University of California, Irvine

Presentations

08:30 AM

(190a) Novel Thermally Responsive Macromers for the Fabrication of Injectable, in Situ Crosslinkable Hydrogels

Michael C. Hacker, Leda Klouda, Brandy B. Ma, James D. Kretlow, Antonios G. Mikos

08:50 AM

(190b) Rapidly Setting Calcium Phosphate Cements Based on Amorphous Tricalcium Phosphate Nanoparticles

Tobias J. Brunner, Marc Bohner, Wendelin J. Stark

09:10 AM

(190c) Evaluation of Novel Injectable Hydrogels

Jennifer Vernengo, Garland Fussell, Anthony M. Lowman

09:30 AM

(190d) Biodegradable, Injectable Poly(Ester Urethane)Urea Delivery Systems for Bone Tissue Engineering

Katarzyna Zienkiewicz, Scott A. Guelcher

09:50 AM

(190e) A Novel Injectable Polymeric Biomaterial Poly(Propylene Fumarate-Co-Caprolactone) with Controllable Properties for Bone and Nerve Regenerations

Shanfeng Wang, Lichun Lu, Diederik H. Kempen, Godard C. W. De Ruiter, Jarred J. Nesbitt, James A. Gruetzmacher, Andrew M. Knight, Theresa E. Hefferan, Bradford L. Currier, Anthony J. Windebank, Michael J. Yaszemski

10:10 AM

(190f) Thermal Gelation and Phase Equilibria of Responsive Elastin-Mimetic Triblock Hydrogels

David S. Hart, Ajit J. M. D'Souza, C. Russell Middaugh, Stevin H. Gehrke

10:30 AM

(190g) Modeling and Gelation Kinetics of Injectable in Situ Crosslinkable Poly(Lactide-Ethylene Oxide-Fumarate) Hydrogel Networks

Alireza S Sarvestani, Esmaiel Jabbari