A novel customizable modular bioreactor system for whole-heart cultivation under controlled 3D biomechanical stimulation

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-304

  Hülsmann, Jörn ^a   Aubin, Hug ^a   Kranz, Alexander ^a   Godehardt, Erhardt ^a   Munakata, Hiroshi ^a,b   Kamiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Barth, Mareike ^a   Lichtenberg, Artur ^a   Akhyari, Payam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D stretching; Biomechanical stimulation; Process control system; Tissue engineering bioreactors; Whole organ tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; HEART STIMULATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MODULAR BIOREACTOR SYSTEM; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REACTOR MONITORING; WHOLE HEART CULTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84885425591     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-013-0705-5     Document Type: Article

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