Fabrication of polymeric scaffold via additive manufacturing by Foo, Yong Sheng

“…Treatment of the disease is dependent on its severity and often involves the prescription of drugs in minor cases and bypass surgery in severe cases. In bypass surgery, the patient’s own blood vessels is often used as the first choice, however, if the patient does not have sufficient quality blood vessels due to previous operations or injury, artificial blood vessels may be used. …”
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Design and making a model/prototype for the suture-less Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) connector by Hu, Hongsheng.

“…One possible surgery would be coronary artery bypass surgery. Conventionally, the anastomosis of the graft and artery is done by suturing but suturing would cause damage to the vessel walls. …”
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