Design and hydrodynamic evaluation of a novel pulsatile bioreactor for biologically active heart valves

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1039-1049

  Hildebrand, Daniel K ^a,b   Wu, Zhongjun J ^a,b   Mayer Jr , John E ^c   Sacks, Michael S ^a,b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Cardiovascular; Heart valves; Mock loop; Pulse duplicator; Tissue engineering; Windkessel

Indexed keywords

MOCK LOOP; PULSE DUPLICATOR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WINDKESSEL;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; HEMODYNAMICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

BIOREACTORS;

ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDICS; PULSATILE FLOW; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOPROSTHESIS; BIOREACTORS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MICROFLUIDICS; PULSATILE FLOW; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 4544315734     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/B:ABME.0000036640.11387.4b     Document Type: Article

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