Design of a Mechanical Loading Device to Culture Intact Bovine Spinal Motion Segments under Multiaxial Motion

Replacing Animal Models: A Practical Guide to Creating and Using Culture-Based Biomimetic Alternatives

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 89-105

  Walser, Jochen ^a   Ferguson, Stephen John ^a   Gantenbein Ritter, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actuators, sensors and controller; Bioreactor design, and requirements; Culture intact bovine spinal motion, altering biomechanics; Harvesting techniques; IVD degeneration and LBP increases; Mechanical loading device design, under multiaxial motion; Next generation intervertebral disc loading device; Organ culture techniques, on adult tissues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883189029     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119940685.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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