A modified HET-CAM approach for biocompatibility testing of medical devices

Animal Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 297-302

  Eder, C ^a,b   Falkner, E ^a,b   Mickel, M ^c   Chiari Grisar, C ^a   Appl, H ^b   Schoffl H ^b   Nehrer, S ^a   Losert, U M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Centre for Alternatives and Complementary Methods to Animal Testing (zet)   (Austria)

^c Karl Landsteiner Institute for Biotelematics   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Biocompatibility testing; Chorionallantoic membrane; HET CAM test; Three Rs; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TESTING REDUCTION; ANIMAL TESTING REFINEMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL WELFARE; FOREIGN BODY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LAW; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REACTION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27844533465     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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