In this research, gelatin and poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS), which have demonstrated significantly developed wound healing process, were used to fabricate biodegradable and bioabsorbable membranes with controlled release of ciprofloxacin (CIP) as a powerful antibiotic. This was achieved by taking advantage of electrospinning technique to accelerate the wound healing as an extracellular matrix-liked composite membrane. We attempted to carefully investigate the impact of variable ratio of sebacic acid and glycerol as components of PGS and identified CIP-loaded cross-linked membrane (CIP-M 11 ) as an optimum membrane, although a significant change in structural properties of samples was not observed. The physicochemical properties of drug-loaded electrospun wound cover were evaluated by several characterization tests.Scanning electron microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy results confirmed that CIP-embedded gelatin/PGS membrane was successfully synthesized and cross-linked properly. The CIP-M 11 sample showed a constant and uniform degradation rate with the capacity of durable drug release over the time period. The excellent antibacterial activity of CIP decreased the population of both Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and prevented bacterial infections. The cytocompatibility of membranes was completely proven by culturing L929 fibroblast cells on the prepared membranes. Finally, obtained results exhibit that the membranes should be considered as the promising wound dressing.
The aim of this study is to design an artificial skin dress. A multilayer skin dressing included synthesised castor oil based polyurethane (PU) as the outer layer and two biopolymeric layers of heparin and chitosan as the inner layers were prepared. The surface of PU film was activated using two steps oxygen radio frequency plasma treatment. The surface of the modified PU films characterised by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy and water drop contact angle measurements. Scanning electron microscopy observations confirmed the presence of grafted poly acrylic acid on the surface of PU films. Also, heparin and chitosan were immobilised on PU films. In vitro cell culture showed that the samples have an excellent biocompatibility with L929 fibroblast cells. Cell adhesion and proliferation of cells on the chitosan/heparin immobilised surfaces showed better behaviours compared with poly (acrylic acid) grafted PU film.
The aim of this study is design and prepare medical grade polyurethane (PU) film based on castor oil without any additives. Acrylic acid (AAc) was grafted onto the surface of PU films using a two-step oxygen plasma treatment. The first step of this method includes oxygen plasma pretreatment of the PU films, immersion in AAc monomeric solution, removal from the solution, and drying. The second step was carried out by plasma polymerization of preadsorbed reactive monomers on the surfaces of dried pretreated films. The effects of pretreatment time length and monomer concentration were studied on AAc graft amount. The surface of the modified PU films were characterized using attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and water drop contact angle measurements. The ATR-FTIR results proved that the carbonyl (C O) and hydroxyl groups (OH) of AAc give rise to an absorption peak at 1698 cm -1 , which was observed in the spectra of the modified PU. The SEM micrographs showed that poly(acrylic Acid) (PAAc)-grafted PU films have a different pattern compared with nonmodified PU films. Moreover, it was found that a decrease in contact angle indicated to a higher grafting amount of polymer. Finally, L929 fibroblast cell culture was done onto the PAAc-PU films. It was observed that cells are spherical and not uniformly distributed on the modified polymer surface. C
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