BIOMECHANICAL ASPECTS ON REHYDRATED FREEZE-DRIED HUMAN ALLOGRAFT DURA-MATER TISSUES

Authors
WOLFINBARGER L ZHANG YX ADAM BLT HOMSI D GATES K SUTHERLAND V
Citation
L. Wolfinbarger et al., BIOMECHANICAL ASPECTS ON REHYDRATED FREEZE-DRIED HUMAN ALLOGRAFT DURA-MATER TISSUES, Journal of applied biomaterials, 5(3), 1994, pp. 265-270
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical","Materials Science, Biomaterials
Journal title
Journal of applied biomaterials → ACNP
ISSN journal
10454861
Volume
5
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
265 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
1045-4861(1994)5:3<265:BAORFH>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Biomechanical properties of rehydrated freeze-dried human dura mater t issues were studied. Scanning electron and polarized light analysis in dicated a multilayered distribution of collagen fibers in the dura mat er tissue. Uniaxial tensile testing of 95 test strips permitted determ ination of average values for failure stress (6.65 +/- 0.14 MPa), fail ure strain (0.15 +/- 0.003), tangent modulus (69.50 +/- 1.29 MPa), elo ngation (0.56 +/- 0.01), and tangent stiffness (12.53 +/- 0.24 kN/m) o f the dura mater tissue. (C) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.