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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Healthc Mater. 2016 Jul 8;5(18):2427–2436. doi: 10.1002/adhm.201600400

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Suture retention strength of PEU whole TEVG testing with commercial 5-0 Prolene sutures. Suture retention strength is essential to evaluate the material for resisting the tension during implantation and it directly relates to the success of the graft implantation procedure. The results as determined by the ultimate tensile strength test demonstrated the electrospun PEU grafts show suture retention strength (Type A grafts: 8.7 ± 0.4 N; Type B grafts: 12 ± 1.3 N) that exceed native perfermoral artery and expanded PTFE grafts for implantation.