Title :
Design Study for a Cellular Culture Bioreactor Coupled with a Magnetic Stimulation System
Author :
Restrepo, A.F. ; Martinez, Luis Javier ; Pinedo, C.R. ; Franco, Elisa ; Cadavid, H.
Author_Institution :
Univ. del Valle, Santiago de Cali, Colombia
Abstract :
This article presents a design study performed to integrate a cellular culture bioreactor along with an external magnetic stimulation system, aimed at creating ideal environmental conditions that allow for cellular culture and cellular tissue growth to take place in three dimensions, under a sterile environment favorable for the development of bioorganic grafts which have been exposed to controlled electromagnetic fields. The different systems that have been designed and constructed are described along with their particular characteristics and all general considerations that were taken into account during the design process are presented, as well as the main variables that must be considered during implementation in order to guarantee constant and adequate function of the integrated systems, as well as reproducible results.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biomagnetism; bioreactors; cellular biophysics; tissue engineering; bioorganic graft; cellular culture bioreactor; cellular tissue growth; external magnetic stimulation system; sterile environment; Biological system modeling; Computational modeling; Hardware; In vitro; Laboratories; Magnetic stimulation; Silicon compounds; bioreactor; cell cultures; cellular proliferation; integration; magnetic stimulation;
Journal_Title :
Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)
DOI :
10.1109/TLA.2013.6502791