Table 1.

Mechanical properties of selected biodegradable elastomers and soft tissues

Tissue/Polymer	Tensile Strength (MPa)	Young’s Modulus (MPa)	Elongation (%)	Reference
Human Bladder	0.27±0.14	0.25±0.18	0.69±0.17	(Dahms, 1998)
Smooth muscle relaxed	N/A	0.006	300	(Chandran, 1992)
Smooth muscle contracted	N/A	0.01	300	(Chandran, 1992)
Aortic valve leaflet (circumfer ential)	N/A	15±6	21±12	(Balguid, 2007)
Ulnar cadaveric peripheral nerve	9.8 – 21.6	N/A	8 – 21	(Millesi, 1995)
Medial cadaveric peripheral nerve	9.8 – 30.4	N/A	6 – 22	(Millesi, 1995)
Cerebral artery	N/A	15.7	50	(Monson, 2003)
Cerebral vein	N/A	6.85	83	(Monson, 2003)
Poly (octanediol-citrate)	~ 5.80±0.76	6.44±0.28	367±15	(Yang, 2006)
Poly (glycerol sebacate)	>0.5	0.282±0.025	>267	(Wang, 2002)
PLGA	41.4 – 55.2	1.4 – 2.8	3 - 10	(Yang, 2001)
Caprolactone soft segment poly urethane	1.5	3.7	60	(Yeganeh, 2005)