• Antibiotic-loaded polypropylene surgical meshes with suitable biological behavior by plasma functionalization and polymerization 

      Labay, Cédric Pierre; Canal Arias, José María; Modic, Martina; Cvelbar, Uros; Quiles Pérez, María Teresa; Armengol Carrasco, Manuel; Arbós Vilà, Maria Antonia; Gil Mur, Francisco Javier; Canal Barnils, Cristina (2015-12-01)
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      Hernia repair is one of the most common operations in general surgery, and its associated complications typically relate to infections, among others. The loading of antibiotics to surgical meshes to deliver them locally ...
    • Plasma functionalization of titanium surface for repulsion of blood platelets 

      Cvelbar, Uros; Modic, Martina; Kovac, J; Lazovic, S; Filipic, G; Vujosevic, D; Junkar, Ita; Elersic, Kristina; Brühl, S.P.; Canal Barnils, Cristina; Belmonte, Thierry; Mozetic, Miran (2012)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   Inštitut "Jožef Stefan"
      Thrombosis and restenosis are the most common problems during insertion of biocompatible implants like titanium stents into human blood, due to aggregation of platelets on their surfaces. Because of this reason, we studied ...
    • Regulating the antibiotic drug release from ß-tricalcium phosphate ceramics by atmospheric plasma surface engineering 

      Canal Barnils, Cristina; Modic, Martina; Cvelbar, Uros; Ginebra Molins, Maria Pau (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)
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      Realitzat a/amb:   Inštitut "Jožef Stefan"
      Calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics are of interest in bone substitution due to their good biocompatibility and bioresorbability. Currently certain CaPs in the market are loaded with antibiotics in order to prevent infections ...