Three-Dimensional Printed Polylactic Acid (PLA) Surgical Retractors with Sonochemically Immobilized Silver Nanoparticles: The Next Generation of Low-Cost Antimicrobial Surgery Equipment

Three-Dimensional Printed Polylactic Acid (PLA) Surgical Retractors with Sonochemically Immobilized Silver Nanoparticles: The Next Generation of Low-Cost Antimicrobial Surgery Equipment

A versatile method is reported for the manufacturing of antimicrobial (AM) surgery equipment utilising fused deposition modelling (FDM), three-dimensional (3D) printing and sonochemistry thin-film deposition technology. A surgical retractor was replicated from a commercial polylactic acid (PLA) ther...

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Main Authors: Lazaros Tzounis, Petros I. Bangeas, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Markos Petousis, Nectarios Vidakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Nanomaterials
Subjects:
fused deposition modelling (FDM), 3D printing
sonochemical deposition
silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs), antimicrobial (AM) properties
polylactic acid (PLA), additive manufacturing
rapid prototyping
surgical equipment
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/5/985

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