TY - GEN
T1 - Fabrication of a tissue-equivalent cardiovascular valve
AU - Neidert, M. P.
AU - Tower, T. T.
AU - Oegema, T. R.
AU - Tranquillo, Robert T
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - We describe a mold to fabricate multileaflet `valve-equivalents' based on the tissue-equivalent approach of entrapping tissue cells in a self-assembled biopolymer scaffold which the cells compact. The mold design results in leaflet structures possessing circumferential alignment characteristic of native leaflets. We report on the geometry, alignment, and mechanical properties for the valve-equivalent leaflets.
AB - We describe a mold to fabricate multileaflet `valve-equivalents' based on the tissue-equivalent approach of entrapping tissue cells in a self-assembled biopolymer scaffold which the cells compact. The mold design results in leaflet structures possessing circumferential alignment characteristic of native leaflets. We report on the geometry, alignment, and mechanical properties for the valve-equivalent leaflets.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0033324054
SN - 0780356756
T3 - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
SP - 1333
BT - Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
PB - IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society (1st Joint BMES / EMBS)
Y2 - 13 October 1999 through 16 October 1999
ER -