Collagen gel is a poroelastic/biphasic system consisting of a fibrillar loose lattice structure
filled with> 99% fluid. Its mechanical behaviour is governed by the inherent viscoelasticity of …

Cryoplasty, a freezing therapy, is being used for the treatment of restenosis in peripheral
arteries. In addition, cryo-preserved arteries are increasingly used in vascular grafts. While …

We compare the use of plastically compressed collagen gels to conventional collagen gels
as scaffolds onto which corneal limbal epithelial cells (LECs) are seeded to construct an …

Background Decellularization of tendon tissue plays a pivotal role in current tissue
engineering approaches for in vitro research as well as for translation of graft-based tendon …

Preserving native and engineered tissues for long periods without losing biological function
is an important and challenging problem in biomedicine. Preservation is necessary to …

Little mechanical data is available on human arteries because of the difficulty of testing
artery samples often obtained from autopsy, while arteries are still considered “fresh” …

Purpose Aortic dissection (AD) is a life-threatening event that occurs when the intimal entry
tear propagates and separates inner from outer layers of the aorta. Diameter, the current …

Background Fresh osteoarticular allograft transplantation has a long history of clinical
success. These grafts have typically been implanted less than 1 week from donor asystole …

This study aimed to characterize the mechanical properties of aged human anterior mitral
leaflets (AML) and posterior mitral leaflets (PML). The AML and PML samples from …

The mechanical properties of periosteum are not well characterized. An understanding of
these properties is critical to predict the environment of pluripotent and …