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Textile vascular prostheses were coated with amorphous diamond- like carbon (DLC) layers. The layers were created by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) in argon ambient. Depending on the deposition conditions the percentage of sp3 (“diamond”) content varied from ∼ 40 % to 60 %. In vivo tests were evaluated. Two types of coated vessels (more graphitic x more sp3 content) and reference ones were operated into into arteria carotis of sheep. Best results were obtained with more “diamond” layers, thickness of 20 nm.
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Jelinek, M., Podlaha, J., Kocourek, T., Žížková, V. (2009). Textile blood vessels coated with DLC. In: Vander Sloten, J., Verdonck, P., Nyssen, M., Haueisen, J. (eds) 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_519
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