PCL Biobased Polymer Scaffold Fabrication

Polycaprolactone (PCL) Purasorb PC 12, supplied in form of granules by Corbion Purac (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). The seller declares: “Biodegradable and biobased, our PURASORB^® polymers promote natural wound management and healing via safe and effective surgical and other fiber-based products. They are extremely flexible and can be used in synthetic resorbable mono- and multi-filaments” [21 ]. The Purasorb PC 12 is primarily used for medical devices and applications [22 (link)]. Using the Devo equipment: Filament maker (3Devo, Utrecht, The Netherlands), the granules were processed into a filament with a diameter of 1.75 mm. The scaffold, i.e., a temporary implant, was designed and created in the Magics environment (Materialise, Plymouth, MI, USA). The 3D printing of the final scaffold was carried out using the DeltiQ 2 Plus printer (TriLAB, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic).