During this project we developed a new and more efficient system for creating tissue engineered tubes for small diameter blood vessel implants. Our objectives were to find a method for seeding cells in a tubular shape and provide nutrients and waste removal throughout growth. We achieved these objectives by designing a custom bioreactor system that provides a sterile environment for tissue tube growth. The outcome of this project provided proof that scaffold-free tissue tubes can be created using our method.

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Creator

• Mawhiney, Kelsey Lynn
• Ortiz, Aubrey Dumaoal
• Bourne, Paige Rogers
• Favreau, John Thomas

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042210-102123

Advisor

• Rolle, Marsha Whitney

Year

• 2010

Date created

• 2010-04-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-02