Tissue engineering: harvesting pericardial cells from human pericardium

Author

Burdick, J.M. ; Massia, S.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bioeng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

Tissue engineering challenges include fabricating biocompatible implants from materials that are readily available. In addition to creating functional implants, they should be durable and tissue compatible. To help prevent rejection, autologous cells would be preferred, although they are not always available commercially. During heart surgery, portions of the pericardium are frequently excised and discarded. Therefore, this excised tissue could be a potential source for primary cells. This project investigated harvesting pericardial cells from human pericardium for soft tissue applications.

Keywords

biological specimen preparation; biological tissues; biomedical materials; cardiology; cellular biophysics; autologous cells; biocompatible implants; durable materials; excised tissue; functional implants; heart surgery; human pericardium; pericardial cell harvesting; pericardium; primary cells; rejection; soft tissue applications; tissue compatible materials; tissue engineering; Biological materials; Biological tissues; Biomedical engineering; Heart; Hospitals; Humans; Implants; Isolation technology; Surgery; Tissue engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7612-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1137072

Filename

1137072