Combination of Microstereolithography and Electrospinning to Produce Membranes Equipped with Niches for Corneal RegenerationÍlida Ortega 1, Farshid Sefat 1, Pallavi Deshpande 1, Thomas Paterson 1, Charanya Ramachandran 3, Anthony J. Ryan 2, Sheila MacNeil 1, Frederik Claeyssens 1
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Sheffield, 2Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, 3L. V. Prasad Eye Institute
We report a technique for the fabrication of micropockets within electrospun membranes in which to study cell behavior. Specifically, we describe a combination of microstereolithography and electrospinning for the production of PLGA (Poly(lactide-co-glycolide)) corneal biomaterial devices equipped with microfeatures.
