A device to apply user-specified strains to biomaterials in culture

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 268-273

  Mitchell, S B ^a   Sanders, J E ^a   Garbini, J L ^a   Schuessler, P K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biaxial strain; Biomechanics; Cell proliferation; In plane tension; PGE 2

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CYCLIC LOADS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; STRAIN; TISSUE CULTURE;

CYCLIC DISPLACEMENTS;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYURETHAN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVICE; FIBROBLAST; IMPLANT; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREPUCE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIVISION; DINOPROSTONE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOTION; SKIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0035085475     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.909648     Document Type: Article

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