Blood-Vessel Mimicking Structures by Stereolithographic Fabrication of Small Porous Tubes Using Cytocompatible Polyacrylate Elastomers, Biofunctionalization and Endothelialization

Blood-Vessel Mimicking Structures by Stereolithographic Fabrication of Small Porous Tubes Using Cytocompatible Polyacrylate Elastomers, Biofunctionalization and Endothelialization

Blood vessel reconstruction is still an elusive goal for the development of in vitro models as well as artificial vascular grafts. In this study, we used a novel photo-curable cytocompatible polyacrylate material (PA) for freeform generation of synthetic vessels. We applied stereolithography for the...

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Main Authors: Birgit Huber, Sascha Engelhardt, Wolfdietrich Meyer, Hartmut Krüger, Annika Wenz, Veronika Schönhaar, Günter E. M. Tovar, Petra J. Kluger, Kirsten Borchers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of Functional Biomaterials
Subjects:
stereolithography
artificial blood vessel
small branched and porous tubes
biofunctionalization
thio-modified heparin
endothelialization
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-4983/7/2/11

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