Publications by Oriane Poupart

In situ photopolymerizable hydrogels for intracranial aneurysms treatment

Intracranial aneurysm is a cerebrovascular disease characterized by an artery dilation in the brain. An aneurysm is prone to rupture, which causes a life-threatening subarachnoid hemorrhage. The major drawbacks of the current treatments, open surgical clip ...

EPFL2021

Pulsatile Flow-Induced Fatigue-Resistant Photopolymerizable Hydrogels for the Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms

Dominique Pioletti, Christophe Moser, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Andreas Schmocker, Oriane Poupart, Lucio Feo Pancaldi-Giubbini

An alternative intracranial aneurysm embolic agent is emerging in the form of hydrogels due to their ability to be injected in liquid phase and solidify in situ. Hydrogels have the ability to fill an aneurysm sac more completely compared to solid implants ...

2021

In vitro Implementation of Photopolymerizable Hydrogels as a Potential Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms

Dominique Pioletti, Christophe Moser, Andreas Schmocker, Oriane Poupart

Intracranial aneurysms are increasingly being treated with endovascular therapy, namely coil embolization. Despite being minimally invasive, partial occlusion and recurrence are more frequent compared to open surgical clipping. Therefore, an alternative tr ...

2020

Photopolymerizable bone filler material

Dominique Pioletti, Andreas Schmocker, Oriane Poupart

A photopolymerizable bone filler material comprising a fluid polymeric material, a photoinitiator and a plurality of solid, polymeric optical fibers is disclosed, wherein said optical fibers are used for both illumination and reinforcement of the entire ph ...

2018