Title :
Composite tissue-engineered materials
Author :
Vesely, I. ; Ramamurthi, A. ; Shi, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Cleveland Clinic Found., OH, USA
Abstract :
Biological tissues are complex composites containing collagen, elastin and glycosaminoglycans. In order to develop tissue-engineered analogs, each of these three components can be fabricated in vitro using conventional tissue culture technologies, and then assembled in the appropriate configuration. This paper summarizes recent efforts towards that end.
Keywords :
biological specimen preparation; biological tissues; biomechanics; biomedical materials; biomimetics; cellular biophysics; composite materials; molecular biophysics; organic compounds; proteins; biological tissues; biomechanically functional connective tissue replacement; collagen; complex composites; composite tissue-engineered materials; conventional tissue culture technologies; elastin; glycosaminoglycans; in vitro; tissue-engineered analogs; Aggregates; Biological materials; Biological tissues; Biomedical engineering; Biomedical materials; Composite materials; Mechanical factors; Optical fiber polarization; Scanning electron microscopy; Spine;
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
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1137087
