Umashankar PR

About

I am Scientist G (Veterinary) at the Biomedical Technology Wing of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum -India- which is an institute of national importance under Department of Sciences and Technology, GOI.
My research interest is development of tissue based medical devices. I have expertise in animal evaluation of medical devices also.

Employment

• Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Scientist G
  1995 - 2033

Education

• Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology PhD
  2006 - 2011

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Silk fibroin reinforced decellularized porcine pericardial patch with superior strength, biocompatibility, and non-toxicity as a regenerative replacement for cardiovascular applications
  Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 2026 DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2026.2659100
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• Preclinical evaluation of hydrogel sealed fluropassivated indigenous vascular prosthesis.
  The Indian journal of medical research 2017 DOI: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1933_15
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• Long-term healing of mildly cross-linked decellularized bovine pericardial aortic patch.
  Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials 2016 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33755
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• Effect of chronic inflammation and immune response on regeneration induced by decellularized bovine pericardium.
  Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 2012 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34535
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• Glutaraldehyde treatment elicits toxic response compared to decellularization in bovine pericardium.
  Toxicology international 2012 DOI: 10.4103/0971-6580.94513
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• Short duration gluteraldehyde cross linking of decellularized bovine pericardium improves biological response.
  Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 2011 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.33061
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• In vitro and in vivo performance of a dual drug-eluting stent (DDES).
  Biomaterials 2010 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.01.147
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• The short-term effect on restenosis and thrombosis of a cobalt-chromium stent eluting two drugs in a porcine coronary artery model.
  Journal of interventional cardiology 2009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2009.00489.x
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• Preclinical and early clinical experience with a biodegradable polymer-based, rapamycin-eluting, Indian drug-eluting coronary stent: the BIO-RAPID study.
  Indian heart journal 2008
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• Effect of blood flow on drug release from DES: an experimental study.
  International journal of cardiology 2007 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.111
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