MEDICAL MATERIALS AND POROUS SUPPORT FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING OBTAINED FROM BIODEGRADABLE LACTIDE/EPSILON-CAPROLACTONE COPOLYMER

摘要

PURPOSE: Provided is a porous support obtained from biodegradable lactide/epsilon-caprolactone copolymer, which has excellent mechanical properties including flexibility and elasticity suitable to be used in tissue engineering. CONSTITUTION: The porous support obtained from biodegradable lactide/ epsilon-caprolactone copolymer has repeating units represented by formula 1 and a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 or more, wherein the mole ratio of lactide to epsilon-caprolactone is 2:8 to 8:2: wherein each of x and y is an integer of 1 or more, and n is an integer of 18 or more. Particularly, the porous support has a pore size of 1 to 800 micrometers and a porosity of 50-99%.