• Design & Manufacturing
• /
• 제12권3호
• /
• pp.19-24
• /
• 2018

Fused deposition Modeling (FDM) is one of the most widely used for the prototype of parts at ease. The FDM 3D printing method is a lamination manufacturing method that the resin is melted at a high temperature and piled up one by one. Another term is also referred to as FFF (Fused Filament Fabrication). 3D printing technology is mainly used only in the area of prototype production, not in production of commercial products. Therefore, if FDM 3D printer is applied to the product process of commercial products when considered, the strength and dimensional accuracy of the manufactured product is expected to be important. In this study, the mechanical properties of parts made by 3D printing with FDM method were investigated. The aim of this work is to examine how the mechanical properties of the FDM parts, by changing of processing FDM printing direction and the height of stacking layer is affected. The effect of the lamination direction and the height of the stacking layer, which are set as variables in the lamination process, by using the tensile specimen and impact specimen after the FDM manufacturing process were investigated and analyzed. The PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) was used as the filament materials for the 3D printing.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
• /
• 제22권2호
• /
• pp.100-105
• /
• 2019

Suture anchors are commonly used in shoulder surgeries, especially for rotator cuff tears. Peri-anchor cyst formation, however, is sometimes detected on follow-up radiologic image after surgery. The purpose of this report is to discuss the case of a patient who presented with regression of extensive peri-anchor cyst on postoperative 4-year follow-up magnetic resonance imaging and had good clinical outcome despite peri-anchor cyst formation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.

• Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
• /
• 제67권
• /
• pp.469-477
• /
• 2018

We describe surgical sutures enabled with the local, sustained delivery of a TGF-${\beta}$ inhibitory drug, tranilast. To fabricate drug-delivery sutures, we separately prepared a tranilast-loaded strand using poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid), which was then physically braided with a surgical suture already in clinical use. By this method, the drug-delivery sutures maintained the mechanical strength and allowed the modulation of drug release profiles by simply altering the tranilast-loaded strand. The drug-delivery sutures herein released tranilast for up to 14 days. When applied to animal models, scarring was indeed reduced with diminished TGF-${\beta}$ expression and fibroblast numbers during the entire 21 day testing period.

• 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
• /
• 제43권6호
• /
• pp.489-494
• /
• 2020

The Law method is observing the temporal bone. There are two types of methods: the double angle method, which manipulates the center ray angle of the tube twice, and the single angle method, which manipulates once. The purpose is to increase the reproducibility of the image by making vertical incidence by making an assistive device using a 3D printer. Two assistive devices with a wedge-shaped 8.5 × 10 × 2.3 cm, an inclined surface of 7.5 cm, and an inclination angle of 15° were fabricated. Assistive devices can be combined with each other in the form of grooves, and PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) is used as a material. In the first experiment, 10 examiners operated the tube 15° in the caudad direction and 15° in the anterior direction, and measured it with a protractor to conduct a reproducibility experiment. Second, two examiners acquired vertically incidence images using the existing law method and assistive devices, and measured the distance between each measurement point to evaluate the reproducibility. The tube center ray angle reproducibility experiment was not statistically significant, but the angle difference was up to 9° between examiners. The reproducibility experiment of radiographic images was not statistically significant with the conventional method, and the method using an assistive device was statistically significant. Therefore, regardless of skill level, an image capable of securing reproducibility, which is the advantage of vertical incidence, could be obtained.

• 폴리머
• /
• 제28권3호
• /
• pp.211-217
• /
• 2004

메톡시 폴리(에털렌 글러콜)과 생분해성 폴리에스테르 계열의 카프로락톤 그러고 락타이드로 구성된 블록 공중합체를 수용액 상에서 온도에 따른 솔-젤 전이 현상을 연구하였다. 폴러(에틸렌 글리콜)-폴리카프로락톤 (MPEG-PCL)은 HCI${\cdot}Et_{2}O$촉매 존재 하에서 실온에서 반응 용매로서 메틸렌클로라이드를 사용하여 카프로락톤기 개환을 통하여 합성되었다. 또한, 폴리(에틸렌 글리콜)-폴리(락틱 에시드) (MPEG-PLLA)는 촉매로서 stannous octoate를 사용하여 톨루엔에서 115${\circ}C$에서 중합을 실시하였다. 합성된 블록 고분자는 $^1$H-NMR, IR 그리고 GPC 뿐만 아니라 수용액상에서의 온도 감응성 상전이 형상을 관찰함으로써 그 특성을 분석하였다. 소수기의 사슬길이가 증가함에 따라 솔-젤 전이 온도가 증가하였고 상전이 곡선은 낮은 농도로 급격한 기울기의 증가가 일어났다. 인체온도에서 젤 형성을 확인하기 위하여, 각각의 블록 공중합체 MPEG-PCL과 MPEG-PLLA를 수용액에 20 wt% 농도로 준비하여 쥐에 주입한 후 신체에서의 젤 형성을 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 블록 공중합체가 약물과 단백질의 주사형 이식형제제 등의 생체용 재료로서 가능성을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다.

• 폴리머
• /
• 제39권1호
• /
• pp.144-150
• /
• 2015

젤란검은 천연재료로써 내열성, 내산성, 내효소성 등이 우수하여 용도가 광범위하나 기계적 강도가 약하다는 단점이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기계적 성질을 개선하고자 젤란검 스폰지에 PLGA 미립구를 혼합하였다. PLGA 미립구의 다양한 함량의 젤란검 스폰지는 기계적 강도를 알아보고자 압축강도를 측정하였고, MTT 분석, SEM, 생체활성조직학적 평가 및 RT-PCR을 통해 세포의 증식 및 ECM 분비 효과를 확인하였다. 그 결과, PLGA 미립구가 50% 함유된 젤란검 지지체에서 섬유륜세포의 꾸준한 증식과 세포외기질 분비가 우수한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이 연구를 통하여 PLGA 미립구가 함유된 젤란검이 디스크조직 재건을 위한 지지체로서 적합함을 알 수 있었으며, 젤란검의 다양한 응용가능성을 제시하였다.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
• /
• 제11권3호
• /
• pp.163-168
• /
• 2011

Background: Nanoparticles (NPs) prepared from biodegradable polymers, such as poly (D,L-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA), have been studied as vehicles for the delivery of antigens to phagocytes. This paper describes the preparation of antigen-loaded PLGA-NPs for efficient cross-priming. Methods: NPs containing a similar amount of ovalbumin (OVA) but different sizes were produced using a micromixer-based W/O/W solvent evaporation procedure, and the efficiency of the NPs to induce the cross-presentation of OVA peptides were examined in dendritic cells (DCs). Cellular uptake and biodistribution studies were performed using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-loaded NPs in mice. Results: The NPs in the range of $1.1{\sim}1.4{\mu}m$ in size were the most and almost equally efficient in inducing the cross-presentation of OVA peptides via $H-2K^b$ molecules. Cellular uptake and biodistribution studies showed that opsonization of the NPs with mouse IgG greatly increased the percentage of FITC-positive cells in the spleen and lymph nodes. The major cell type of FITC-positive cells in the spleen was macrophages, whereas that of lymph nodes was DCs. Conclusion: These results show that IgG-opsonized PLGA-NPs with a mean size of $1.1{\mu}m$ would be the choice of biodegradable carriers for the targeted-delivery of protein antigens for cross-priming in vivo.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
• /
• 제16권4호
• /
• pp.2958-2965
• /
• 2015

공중합체인 PLGA는 생분해성 고분자로서 의료용 이식재료로 사용되고 있으며, 이를 이용한 멤브레인은 양호한 생분해 특성 및 지속적 약물 전달체로서 치조골 유도제로 적용할 수 있다. 본 연구는 락티드, 글리콜리드 합성 및 공중합과정을 거쳐 상전이법을 이용하여 PLGA 멤브레인을 제조하였으며, 멤브레인의 광학적(NMR, IR), 기계적(인장강도), 열적(DSC)특성을 조사하였다. 또한 PLGA 멤브레인의 생분해 특성은 PBS (Phosphate Buffered Solution)이 담긴 항온조($60^{\circ}C$) 내에서 분해시간에 따른 표면분해 정도, 멤브레인의 질량변화 및 용액의 pH 변화로 측정하였다.

• Macromolecular Research
• /
• 제13권5호
• /
• pp.446-452
• /
• 2005

The interactions between the surface of scaffolds and specific cells play an important role in tissue engineering applications. Some cell adhesive ligand peptides including Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) have been grafted into polymeric scaffolds to improve specific cell attachment. In order to make cell adhesive scaffolds for tissue regeneration, biodegradable nonporous poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) films were prepared by using a solvent casting technique with chloroform. The hydrophobic PLLA films were surface-modified by Argon plasma treatment and in situ direct acrylic acid (AA) grafting to get hydrophilic PLLA-g-PAA. The obtained carboxylic groups of PLLA-g-PAA were coupled with the amine groups of Gly-Arg-Asp-Gly (GRDG, control) and GRGD as a ligand peptide to get PLLA-g-GRDG and PLLA-g-GRGD, respectively. The surface properties of the modified PLLA films were examined by various surface analyses. The surface structures of the PLLA films were confirmed by ATR-FTIR and ESCA, whereas the immobilized amounts of the ligand peptides were 138-145 pmol/$cm^2$. The PLLA surfaces were more hydrophilic after AA and/or RGD grafting but their surface morphologies showed still relatively smoothness. Fibroblast adhesion to the PLLA surfaces was improved in the order of PLLA control

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
• /
• 제41권6호
• /
• pp.228-234
• /
• 2020

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the United States. SPIONs are used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as contrast agents and targeted delivery in nanomedicine using external magnet sources. SPIONs act as an artificial peroxidase (i.e., nanozyme), and these reactions were highly stable in various pH conditions and temperatures. In this study, we report a nanozyme ability of the clustered SPIONs (CSPIONs) synthesized by the oil-in-water (O/W) method and coated with biocompatible poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA). We hypothesize that the CSPIONs can have high sensitivity toward H2O2 derived from the reaction between a fixed amount of glucose and glucose oxidase (GOX). As a result, CSPIONs oxidized a 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) commonly used as a substrate for hydrogen peroxidase in the presence of H2O2, leading to a change in the color of the substrate. We also utilized a colorimetric assay at 417 nm using various glucose concentrations from 5 mM to 1.25 μM to validate β-D-glucose detection. This study demonstrated that the absorbance value increases along with increasing the glucose level. The results were highly repeated at concentrations below 5 mM (all standard deviations < 0.03). Moreover, the sensitivity and limit of detection were 1.50 and 5.44 μM, respectively, in which CSPIONs are more responsive to glucose than SPIONs. In conclusion, this study suggests that CSPIONs have the potential to be used for glucose detection in diabetic patients using a physiological fluid such as ocular, saliva, and urine.