Inadvertent application of silicone foam elastomer catalyst to the eye.

Physical properties of silicone rubber.

2 Mechanical engineer, USAMBRL. 3 Major, Army Medical Specialist Corps, USAMBRL. ROOM-TEMPERATURE-VULCANIZING (RTV) silicone rubber is a versatile material and easy to handle. The ingredients from which it is formed are thick liquids that vulcanize at room temperature within a short period of time after the catalyst is added. Depending upon the relative amounts of solid and foam ingredients, th...

Study of Fibroblast Cells Behavior on the Acrylic Acid Co2 Pulsed Laser Grafted Silicone Elastomer for Tissue Engineering Application

Silicone foam sponge for pilonidal sinus

SIR,-I read with interest the paper by Mr R A B Wood and Professor L E Hughes on the above subject (18 October, p 131) and would like to make the following conuments. The disadvantages of permitting an excised wound to iheal by "packing and granulation" are those of prolonging healing time (inpatient and outpatient), delaying wound contractions, and promoting repair by tissue that is weaker and...

Development of a 3D printable maxillofacial silicone: Part I. Optimization of polydimethylsiloxane chains and cross-linker concentration.

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM Conventionally, maxillofacial prostheses are fabricated by hand carving the missing anatomic defect in wax and creating a mold into which pigmented silicone elastomer is placed. Digital technologies such as computer numerical control (CNC) milling and 3-dimensional (3D) printing have been used to prepare molds directly or indirectly into which a biocompatible pigmented sili...

Analysis of the Attenuation Coefficient of Composite Silicone Rubber and Gliceryn for Soft Tissue Phantom Applications

Introduction: Phantom is an object that can be used to investigate the accuracy of radiation dose delivered to patients. Phantom is usually produced from the combination of the silicone rubber as a matrix and glycerin as a filler to form a composite for the replacement of the human soft tissue. The composite is imaged using computed tomography (CT) simulator for the de...