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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2005 Jun 2;104(3):433–446. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2005.02.022

Table 1.

Porosity for single lumen conduits and multiple lumen conduits with various porogen to polymer ratios

Single lumen conduit Multiple lumen conduit


Porogen to polymer ratio Total porosity (%) Porogen to polymer ratio Number of channels (diameter) Total porosity (%) Porosity due to channels (%)
0:1 50.5±3.5 5:1 12 (150 µm) 87.9±0.8 2.2±0.1
2:1 73.5±6.3 10:1 12 (150 µm) 92.9±0.4 2.3±0.1
5:1 80.1±6.4 12:1 12 (150 µm) 93.2±0.7 2.5±0.2
10:1 90.0±1.6 12:1 8 (250 µm) 93.6±0.1 4.2±0.2
15:1 91.6±1.5 15:1 12 (150 µm) 94.5±0.3 2.4±0.1

The shaded region indicates the variation in number of channels.