Devices made with resorbable polymers and braided materials can accommodate tissue growth in long-bone and heart-valve animal models.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals
Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription
$29.99 / 30 days
cancel any time
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 12 digital issues and online access to articles
$99.00 per year
only $8.25 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Tarkan, L. Medical devices fall short for children. The New York Times (6 May 2013).
Kida, K. & Thurlbeck, W. M. Pediatr. Res. 15, 269–277 (1981).
Hollister, S. J. et al. ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng 2, 1827–1836 (2016).
Nystrom, L. M. & Morcuende, J. A. Iowa Orthop. J 30, 141–149 (2010).
Zopf, D. A., Hollister, S. J., Nelson, M. E., Ohye, R. G. & Green, G. E. N. Engl. J. Med. 368, 2043–2045 (2013).
Morrison, R. J. et al. Sci. Transl. Med. 7, 285ra64 (2015).
Feins, E. N. et al. Nat. Biomed. Eng. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0142-5 (2017).
Bylski-Austrow, D. I., Wall, E. J., Rupert, M. P., Roy, D. R. & Crawford, A. H. J. Pediatr. Orthop. 21, 817–823 (2011).
Ambrosi, D. et al. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 59, 863–883 (2011).
FEBio User Manual Ch. 4; https://FEBio.org
Mitsak, A. G., Dunn, A. M. & Hollister, S. J. J. Mech. Behav. Biomater 11, 3–15 (2012).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Hollister, S.J. Paediatric devices that grow up. Nat Biomed Eng 1, 777–778 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0147-0
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-017-0147-0
This article is cited by
-
Biomechanical study on implantable and interventional medical devices
Acta Mechanica Sinica (2021)
-
Materials design for bone-tissue engineering
Nature Reviews Materials (2020)