New versatile, elastomeric, degradable polymeric materials for medicine

The present investigation was focused on the cell compatibility of recently developed biodegradable polyesterurethane-foam (DegraPol-foam) to chondrocytes and osteoblasts. Both chondrocytes and osteoblasts, isolated from adult male rats, exhibited relatively high cell adhesion on DegraPol-foam. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that cells grew on the surface and into the open cell pores of the foam. Morphologically, cells found on the surface of the foam exhibited a flat cell appearance and built a confluent cell multilayer ...