The project titled "Design of a Compliance Test Module for Small Caliber Vascular Grafts and Analysis of Compliance Properties of Biocomponent Fiber-Based Biodegradable Vascular Grafts" led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. İpek Yalçın Eniş, a faculty member at our department, has been successfully completed.

The project aimed to develop small-caliber, biodegradable vascular grafts with improved compliance properties. In this context, a specialized compliance test unit was designed to test the compliance properties of these grafts. Work focused on material selection (polcaprolactone (PCL), polylactic acid (PLA)) and constructional parameters (fiber orientation, bi-component fiber design, layered graft structure, etc.) to enhance the grafts’ radial elasticity.

The developed test device analyzes the radial elasticity of the grafts by measuring changes in their diameter, helping to reduce the mismatch in radial elasticity between synthetic grafts and real arteries. This project has made significant contributions to both graft design and technology development in the field of biomedical engineering.

We congratulate Assoc. Prof. Dr. İpek Yalçın Eniş and her team and wish them continued success.