A novel flex-stretch-flow bioreactor for the study of engineered heart valve tissue mechanobiology

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 700-712

  Engelmayr Jr , George C ^a   Soletti, Lorenzo ^a   Vigmostad, Sarah C ^b   Budilarto, Stephanus G ^a   Federspiel, William J ^a   Chandran, Krishnan B ^b   Vorp, David A ^a   Sacks, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Flexure; Flow; Fluid shear stress; Heart valve; Tension; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIBROBLASTS; SHEAR STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

FLUID SHEAR STRESS; HEART VALVE; MECHANOBIOLOGY; MYOFIBROBLAST; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPROSTHESIS; BIOREACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 43249115351     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9447-6     Document Type: Article

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