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Figure 10. Application in biomedical devices. (A) 3D biodegradable and highly regular foamlike cell scaffolds based on biocompatible side-chain liquid crystal elastomers. Scale bars, 1 mm. Reproduced with permission^[51]. Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society; (B) an artificial intervertebral disc for tissue growth. Scale bar, 5 mm. Reproduced with permission^[153]. Copyright 2020, Elsevier; (C) breathable, shrinkable, hemostatic LCE patch for accelerating skin regeneration in a rat model. Scale bar, 1 cm. Reproduced with permission^[52]. Copyright 2021, Wiley VCH; (D) an implanted LCE-based device as an artificial cuff or sphincter around the bladder neck, which can control the urine flow by contraction force. Reproduced with permission^[50]. Copyright 2022, Elsevier.