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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2010 Feb 10;31(14):4113–4120. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.098

Figure 3. An approach for decoupling drug delivery from scaffold mechanics.

Figure 3

Composite scaffolds are formed from microspheres delivered through a sacrificial PEO fiber fraction coupled with a stable PCL fiber fraction (Pre-Wash). With dissolution of the PEO (After-Wash), MS remain entrapped within the slow degrading and surrounding fibrous PCL fibrous network.