hemocompatibility studies on small-caliber stents for cardiovascular applications.

The doping of biologically meaningful ions into biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) bioceramics, which exhibit biocompatibility with human body parts, has led to their effective use in biomedical applications in recent years. Doping with metal ions while changing the characteristics of the dopant ions, an arrangement of various ions in the Ca/P crystal structure. In our work, small-diameter vascular stents based on BCP and biologically appropriate ion substitute-BCP bioceramic materials were developed for cardiovascular applications.

Fabrication and biological evaluation of three-dimensional (3D) Mg substituted bi-phasic calcium phosphate porous scaffolds for hard tissue engineering.

This work reports on the fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) magnesium substituted bi-phasic calcium phosphate (Mg-BCP) scaffolds by gel-casting, their structural and physico-chemical characterization, and on the assessment of their and performances. The crystalline phase assemblage, chemical functional groups and porous morphology features of the scaffolds were evaluated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), respectively. The sintered scaffolds revealed an interconnected porosity with pore sizes ranging from 4.