Biodegradable Biodevices: A Design Approach Based on Cellular Automaton

William Solórzano-Requejo, Carlos Aguilar, Gabriel Callejo, Andrés Díaz Lantada

2024

Abstract

This innovative study introduces a comprehensive methodology to simulate the two-dimensional degradation of biodegradable materials, a crucial aspect in biodevice design. Several PVA specimens of diverse shapes were created, and their degradation was computationally modelled using cellular automaton. Deterministic and probabilistic transition rules were explored to identify the most accurate in the simulation of PVA degradation. The results highlight the effectiveness of the probabilistic exponential rule, derived from Markov Chains, for reliable degradation simulation. Furthermore, this approach was successfully applied to the analysis of specific medical devices, enabling a detailed in silico assessment of degradation patterns in coronary stents, tissue engineering scaffolds and craniosynostosis implants. This methodology deepens our fundamental understanding of degradation and provides valuable information for engineers and medical professionals, facilitating the creation of devices that integrate optimally with surrounding biological tissues.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Solórzano-Requejo W., Aguilar C., Callejo G. and Díaz Lantada A. (2024). Biodegradable Biodevices: A Design Approach Based on Cellular Automaton. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: BIODEVICES; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 34-41. DOI: 10.5220/0012313600003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices24,
author={William Solórzano-Requejo and Carlos Aguilar and Gabriel Callejo and Andrés Díaz Lantada},
title={Biodegradable Biodevices: A Design Approach Based on Cellular Automaton},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: BIODEVICES},
year={2024},
pages={34-41},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012313600003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: BIODEVICES
TI - Biodegradable Biodevices: A Design Approach Based on Cellular Automaton
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - Solórzano-Requejo W.
AU - Aguilar C.
AU - Callejo G.
AU - Díaz Lantada A.
PY - 2024
SP - 34
EP - 41
DO - 10.5220/0012313600003657
PB - SciTePress