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Scaling of Engineered Vascular Grafts Using 3D Printed Guides and the Ring Stacking Method
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:353D Printed Insert and Custom Silicone Molded Plate Preparation
- 02:20Fibrin Hydrogel Preparation, Smooth Muscle Cell Seeding and Plate Maintenance
- 04:42Vascular Construct Assembly and Maintenance
- 07:36Results: Representative Vessel Construct Analyses
- 08:54Conclusion
Scalable engineered blood vessels would improve clinical applicability. Using easily sizable 3D-printed guides, rings of vascular smooth muscle were created and stacked into a tubular form, forming a vascular graft. Grafts can be sized to meet the range of human coronary artery dimensions by simply changing the 3D-printed guide size.
