An electro-tensile bioreactor for 3-D culturing of cardiomyocytes

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 73-79

  Feng, Zhonggang ^a,b   Matsumoto, Toyoaki ^c   Nomura, Yasutomo ^a   Nakamura, Takao ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BIOREACTOR; BIOREACTOR DESIGN; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; REACTOR MONITORING; REACTOR OPERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMIMETICS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 23044465596     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MEMB.2005.1463399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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