Device–host response interface. Classification centers on limiting unwanted biological responses while preserving useful tissue interaction.

Host interaction

Examines fouling, friction, inflammation and foreign-body responses at device surfaces, together with ways to retain the intended biological interaction.

Primary assignments in this theme: 28 · Subthemes are editorial proposals for this library. Title-based classification is distinct from full-text verification.

Antifouling and lubricious surfaces

Research on reducing nonspecific attachment and friction at device surfaces while retaining the intended biological contact.

7 papers

For stent coatings, read ureteral friction and encrustation separately from biliary biofilm and occlusion. The two briefs examine different fluid environments and preclinical evaluations.

Ureteral stent coatings and encrustation: the FLUID study · Biliary stent coatings and biofilms: the ELFS study

Immune and foreign-body responses

Research that evaluates or modulates inflammation, immune responses and foreign-body responses to devices or materials.

7 papers
0962026Abstract checkedJungmok Seo: not a corresponding author

Immune‐Responsive Bioinks Enable Vision‐Guided in Situ Robotic Bioprinting to Accelerate Diabetic Wound Healing

Advanced Functional Materials, 36(67), e77191 (2026)

Host interactionImmune and foreign-body responses

Publisher-abstract evidence addresses hypoxia, macrophage states and regenerative immune responses directly. Conformal wound printing links to tissue repair; robot use alone does not establish interconnect–chip integration.

0882026Full text checkedJungmok Seo: corresponding author

Optimized Electrical Stimulation Using a Spray‐Printed Conductive Electroceutical Patch for Accelerated Wound Healing in Diabetic Mice

Advanced Healthcare Materials, 15(12), e04939 (2026)

Host interactionImmune and foreign-body responses

Locally read stimulation, inflammatory-marker and diabetic-wound evidence directly fits host immune response. Conductive stability under deformation/hydration is verified, but the primary classification remains therapeutic response with a tissue-contact cross-link.

0572020Full text checkedJungmok Seo: corresponding author

Antibacterial infection and immune-evasive coating for orthopedic implants

Science Advances, 6 (44), eabb0025 (2020)

Host interactionImmune and foreign-body responses

A lubricated interface on orthopedic fixation hardware is evaluated for bacterial attachment, infection-related inflammation and bone healing. Device-surface biological responses place it within host interaction.

Biological interaction control

An extended grouping for functional interactions between materials or devices and biological targets. Papers with a weak direct connection to host responses retain an ambiguity flag.

6 papers
0812024Full text checkedBoundary caseJungmok Seo: corresponding author

Lubricant‐Coated Organ‐on‐a‐Chip for Enhanced Precision in Preclinical Drug Testing

Small, 20(43), 2402431 (2024)

Host interactionBiological interaction control

It separates nonspecific drug loss at lubricated channels from necessary cell attachment on the culture membrane. As an in vitro organ model, its connection to device–host response is extended and remains ambiguous.

Foundations · connection under review

A provisional grouping for foundational materials or processes that may connect to this theme. It does not establish theme fit; each paper retains a rationale and ambiguity flag.

8 papers
0372017Abstract checkedBoundary caseJungmok Seo: not a corresponding author

Evolution and clinical translation of drug delivery nanomaterials

Nano Today, 15, 91-106 (2017)

Host interactionFoundations · connection under review

Biodistribution, degradation and toxicity relate to host interaction, but differ from the BCCI implanted-device/host interface.

0302016Abstract checkedBoundary caseJungmok Seo: not a corresponding author

Bio-Inspired Extreme Wetting Surfaces for Biomedical Applications

Materials, 9(2), 116 (2016)

Host interactionFoundations · connection under review

The abstract connects wetting chemistry/structure with biomedical applications, but does not establish a specific device–host response. Retain host foundations.