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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2011 Nov 20;8(4):1401–1421. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2011.11.017

Fig. 13.

Fig. 13

Schematic representation of drug loading approaches on CaP scaffolds: (a) adsorption on bare CaP scaffold; (b) adsorption of drugs on bare CaP scaffolds followed by polymer coating to prevent burst release and have a sustained release; (c) polymer coating on bare CaP scaffolds followed by surface treatment of the coating, then adsorption of drugs or conjugation of drug molecules by chemical treatment; and (d) drugs can be encapsulated into the polymer coating itself.