Medical materials and porous scaffolds for tissue engineering made from the biodegradable glycolide/epsilon-caprolactone copolymer

摘要

Disclosed is a biocompatible medical material and porous scaffold for use in tissue engineering, made from a biodegradable glycolide/epsilon-caprolactone copolymer having a repeat unit of wherein x and y are integers greater than or equal to 18, the copolymer has an average molecular weight of about 10,000 daltons or more, and the molar ratio of glycolide: epsilon-caprolactone in the copolymer is about 4.0:6.0 to 6.0:4.0.