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Cover Image, Volume 138, Issue 17
Author(s) -
Rangel André,
Nguyen Tuan Ngoc,
Egles Christophe,
Migonney Véronique
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.50573
Subject(s) - degradation (telecommunications) , cover (algebra) , milestone , materials science , polymer , biomedical engineering , composite material , computer science , mechanical engineering , medicine , engineering , telecommunications , archaeology , history
The image created by André Rangel and colleagues shows how the use of biodegradable artificial ligament implants could represent a major milestone for anterior cruciate ligament rupture treatments. Nevertheless, to ensure the integrity of these ligaments in the first steps of the healing it is crucial to understand how different degradation scenarios will impact biodegradable polymers. The figure shows two different samples of medical‐grade poly e‐caprolactone degraded at physiological conditions for 6 months using different degradation media. The aim was to demonstrate that the presence of collagenase in the degradation environment could change the intensity and mode of the polymer degradation. DOI: 10.1002/app.50479