Confined Mechanical Compression Testing Chamber and Anvil for Isotropic and Anisotropic Physiological Tissues and Their Representative Scaffolds
Researchers at OSU have developed a specialized compressionchamber to fully assess the mechanical characteristics of anisotropic gels.This chamber allows for compression testing of the gel in multipleorientations. In addition, the testing anvil allows fluid to diffuse in asimilar manner to physiological membranes, mimicking a physiological environmentinside the chamber. The need for this chamber will increase in parallel withthe growing evidence that anisotropic gels are superior at mimicking nativetissues for tissue engineering applications.
· Fully assessesmechanical properties of anisotropic gels· Testsmechanical strength of scaffold in multiple orientations· Compatible withall types of biological and non-biological gels· Simple designthat is cost-effective to build
· Testingmechanical properties of hydrogels and gels· Tissue engineeringapplications
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