Preparation, characterization and application research of a sustained dexamethasone releasing electrode coating for cochlear implantation.

Preparation, characterization and application research of a sustained dexamethasone releasing electrode coating for cochlear implantation. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2018 Sep 01;90:16-26 Authors: Xu M, Ma D, Chen D, Cai J, He Q, Shu F, Tang J, Zhang H Abstract Cochlear inflammatory response after cochlear implantation (CI) is an important mechanism for implantation trauma and hearing loss. The hearing loss was also caused by damage to auditory hair cells (HCs), whereas ion homeostasis within the cochlea can ensure survival of HCs. In our study, pure hyaluronic acid (HA) was crosslinked with 1, 4-butanediol diglycidyl ether (BDDE) and the successful preparation of the cross-linked hydrogel (CHA) was confirmed by rheological characteristics and FTIR spectra. Artificial perilymph (APL) was prepared to simulate the ion homeostasis microenvironment within scala tympani of human cochlear, and served as the major component of artificial perilymph soaked CHA (APL-CHA). The conductivity experiment indicated that APL-CHA is more suitable to the requirements of the electrical conductivity in scala tympani. The electrode coating process found that the extrusion coating method have advantages of controllable adhesive capacity of APL-CHA, uniform coating thickness and smooth surface as compared to common method. Due to CI surgery application requirement, optimization of coating process was selected as follows: extrusion coating method, degre...
Source: Appl Human Sci - Category: Physiology Authors: Tags: Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl Source Type: research