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Diffusion properties of capsular tissue

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Sharkawy, AA; Klitzman, B; Truskey, GA; Reichert, WM
Published in: Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium
December 1, 1996

The effect of capsule formation around a subcutaneous implant is discussed. Polyvinyl alcohol sponge and stainless steel wire mesh materials were implanted. The results show that the diffusion coefficients of fluorescein through capsular tissue are approximately 25% lower than those through the subcutaneous tissue. The tissue which encapsulates subcutaneously implanted sensors will retard the diffusion of low molecular weight analytes diffusing from the microvasculature and the extent of diffusion depends on the thickness and vascularity of the capsule.

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Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium

Publication Date

December 1, 1996

Volume

2

Start / End Page

132
 

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Sharkawy, A. A., Klitzman, B., Truskey, G. A., & Reichert, W. M. (1996). Diffusion properties of capsular tissue. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium.
Sharkawy, A. A., B. Klitzman, G. A. Truskey, and W. M. Reichert. “Diffusion properties of capsular tissue.” Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in Conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium, December 1, 1996.
Sharkawy AA, Klitzman B, Truskey GA, Reichert WM. Diffusion properties of capsular tissue. Vol. 2, Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. 1996. p. 132.
Sharkawy, A. A., et al. “Diffusion properties of capsular tissue.” Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in Conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium, vol. 2, 1 Dec. 1996, p. 132.
Sharkawy AA, Klitzman B, Truskey GA, Reichert WM. Diffusion properties of capsular tissue. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium. 1996. p. 132.

Published In

Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials in conjunction with the International Biomaterials Symposium

Publication Date

December 1, 1996

Volume

2

Start / End Page

132