The pathological changes associated with the development of atherosclerotic plaques within
arterial vessels result in significant alterations to the mechanical properties of the diseased …

Mechanical testing of arterial tissue can provide unique insights into its behaviour. As
measurement and computational techniques continue to advance, new applications can be …

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 …

Collagen hydrogels have been widely investigated as scaffolds for vascular tissue
engineering due in part to the capacity of collagen to promote robust cell adhesion and …

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” …

The objective of this work was to design a bioreactor to stimulate the three‐dimensional
regeneration of arterial tissue on a cylindrical scaffold with a methodological approach …

The lack of vascularization limits the creation of engineered tissue constructs with clinically
relevant sizes. We pioneered a bottom-up process (modular tissue engineering) in which …

Skin is a complex material covering the entire surface of the human body. Studying the
mechanical properties of skin to calibrate a constitutive model is of great importance to many …

The viscoelastic and inertial properties of the arterial wall are responsible for the arterial
functional role in the cardiovascular system. Cryopreservation is widely used to preserve …

Most tissues, including those to be decellularized for tissue engineering applications, are
frozen for long term preservation. Such conventional cryopreservation has been shown to …