5th International summit on Medical Biology & Bioengineering
Chicago, USA
Thanh Duc Nguyen
University of Connecticut, USA
Title: Novel processing of biodegradable and biocompatible polymers at small scales for medical applications
Biography
Biography: Thanh Duc Nguyen
Abstract
Biodegradable polymers have a significant impact to medical field. The polymers have been extensively used for medical sutures, tissue engineering scaffolds and drug carriers. In this talk, I will present two researches which aim to further fabricate and process the polymers at small scales, enabling their special functions for use in important medical devices. The first part of this talk will be focused on a novel manufacturing technology, which allows creating versatile 3D microstructures of biodegradable polymers for vaccine/drug delivery. The second part of this talk will be emphasized on a novel approach, which enables the polymers to be electromechanically-active for use in an implanted biodegradable force-sensor, which could measure tiny vital bio-physiological forces such as trans-diaphragmatic/trans-pulmonary pressures. The presented works, while significantly enhancing functionality and usefulness of the polymers, do not compromise their excellent biodegradability and biocompatibility for medical use. We anticipate many other applications in health monitoring, drug delivering, tissue engineering etc. will be generated from the presented technology and method.