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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2010
Steven M. Boronyak, Kingwood, TX (US);
George C. Engelmayr, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Sharan Ramaswamy, Miami, FL (US);
Michael S. Sacks, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David E. Schmidt, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mohammed S. El-kurdi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Steven M. Boronyak, Kingwood, TX (US);
George C. Engelmayr, Jr., Cambridge, MA (US);
Sharan Ramaswamy, Miami, FL (US);
Michael S. Sacks, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David E. Schmidt, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Mohammed S. El-Kurdi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Described herein is a bioreactor system and modules capable of developing physiologically relevant fluid-induced shear stresses and regionally specific flow patterns to scaffold specimens and which can couple these stresses to cyclic flexure and/or stretch states. Methods of use of the bioreactor system and module also are provided.