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A Hydro‐Expansive and Degradable Biomaterial Enabling Shape Recovery of Film‐Based Devices in Biofluids

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
A chitosan‐based bio‐composite exhibits stable and strong tensile strength during volumetric expansion in body fluids, serving as a functional coating that enables a thin film‐based device to self‐flatten from its tubular shape required for catheter delivery.
Ruoxing Wang, Jiajie Sui, Pengfei Chen, Zulmari Silva‐Pedraza, Jack Bontekoe, Jooyong Kim, Patrick Li, Fengdan Pan, Eric G. Schmuck, Satoru Osaki, Bo Liu, Xudong Wang   +11 more
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Navigating the challenges of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a risk analysis and learning curve evaluation

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Background This study aimed to report the risk and learning curve analysis of a minimally invasive mitral valve surgery program performed through a right mini-thoracotomy at a single institution.
Nestoras Papadopoulos, Vasileios Ntinopoulos, Stak Dushaj, Achim Häussler, Dragan Odavic, Hector Rodríguez Cetina Biefer, Omer Dzemali   +6 more
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One‐Step Coordinated Multi‐Kinetic 4D Printing of Human Vascularized Cardiac Tissues with Selective Fast‐Shrinking Capillaries

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a novel 4D bioprinting technique for fabricating cardiac tissues with complex microvasculature. Unlike traditional 3D printing, it enables capillary‐scale structure formation via selective post‐printing shrinkage. This approach overcomes resolution limits of printing cell‐laden hydrogels, allowing the creation of functional ...
Ester Sapir Baruch, Roni Cohen, Eric Silberman, Michael Namestnikov, Itai Cabilly, Assaf Shapira, Tal Dvir   +6 more
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4D Bioprinted Self‐Folding Scaffolds Enhance Cartilage Formation in the Engineering of Trachea

Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 10, Issue 6, March 18, 2025.
A bilayer self‐folding scaffold, triggerable by humidity, is fabricated via 4D bioprinting for trachea engineering. An analytical model is derived to predict its radius of curvature, enabling its scalability. Cartilage progenitor cells seeded on the scaffold perceive scaffold final curvature and react to it, by enhancing the upregulation of pro ...
Irene Chiesa, Alessio Esposito, Giovanni Vozzi, Riccardo Gottardi, Carmelo De Maria   +4 more
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Transformative 4D Printed SMPs into Soft Electronics and Adaptive Structures: Innovations and Practical Insights

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advancements in 3DP techniques that incorporate emerging multifunctional SMP materials for applications in e‐electronics, soft actuators, biomedical devices, and more. Abstract Shape memory polymers (SMP) have recently gained significant attention as multifunctional materials for flexible and wearable electronics ...
Muhammad Yasir Khalid, Adam Otabil, Omar Samir Mamoun, Khalid Askar, Mahdi Bodaghi   +4 more
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Advanced Materials in Responsible Electronics: Innovations for Sustainability, Health, and Circularity

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Contemporary electronic devices produce significant waste, harming ecosystems. Innovation in design, consumption, materials, and end‐of‐life management is crucial. This review explores advanced materials for sustainable and responsible electronics, highlighting their potential to reduce environmental and health hazards while improving device ...
Rawan Omar, Jiawei Yang, Tan‐Phat Huynh, Kiran Gulia, Sooyun Caroline Tavolacci, Weiwei Wu, Yan Wang, Hossam Haick   +7 more
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Flexible Sensor‐Based Human–Machine Interfaces with AI Integration for Medical Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores how flexible sensing technology and artificial intelligence (AI) significantly enhance human–machine interfaces in medical robotics. It highlights key sensing mechanisms, AI‐driven advancements, and applications in prosthetics, exoskeletons, and surgical robotics.
Yuxiao Wang, Zhipeng Jiang, Sun Hwa Kwon, Matthew Ibrahim, Alexander Dang, Lin Dong   +5 more
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The use of tracheostomy following major open cardiac surgery: a review of 64 cases [PDF]

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J. C. Nicholls
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Recent Advances in Variable‐Stiffness Robotic Systems Enabled by Phase‐Change Materials

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Phase‐change materials (PCMs), such as shape memory alloys, hydrogels, shape memory polymers, liquid crystal elastomers, and low‐melting‐point alloys, are driving advancements in stiffness‐tunable robotic systems across a wide range of applications. This review highlights recent progress in PCM‐enabled robotics, focusing on their underlying mechanisms,
Sukrit Gaira, Liao Wu, Ming Li, Priyank Kumar, Xiaopeng Li, Shi‐Yang Tang   +5 more
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Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Cardiac Healthcare Workers Toward Thoracoscopic Surgery in Xinjiang: A Cross-Sectional Study

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
Aili Aibibula, Zheng Liu, Aikeremu Tuerxun, Abudousaimi Aini, Guojun Yu, Duolikun Mutailifu, Qiang Huo, Abudunaibi Maimaitiaili The Department of Cardiac Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uygur ...
Aibibula A, Liu Z, Tuerxun A, Aini A, Yu G, Mutailifu D, Huo Q, Maimaitiaili A   +7 more
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