Computer-assisted biofabrication: The challenges on manufacturing 3-D biological tissues for tissue and organ engineering

Author

Nakamura, Makoto ; Iwanaga, Shintaroh ; Arai, Kenichi ; Toda, Hideki ; Capi, Genci ; Nikaido, Toshio

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng. for Res., Univ. of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 June 2011

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

5

Abstract

To break present limitations in tissue engineering, we have addressed to develop an innovative approach. Biofabrication is defined as fabrication technology to produce biological products using cells and biological materials. In tissue engineering, engineering complicated 3D structures with multi-cell types, and construction of perfusion routes in the bio-products are the emerging issues. We developed a custom-made 3D bioprinter using inkjet technology. Here, our challenges and achievements are presented and the next perspectives are discussed.

Keywords

biological organs; biological tissues; biomedical engineering; cellular biophysics; ink jet printing; medical computing; tissue engineering; 3D biological tissue manufacturing; 3D structures; biological materials; biological products; computer-assisted biofabrication; custom-made 3D bioprinter; fabrication technology; inkjet technology; multicell types; organ engineering; perfusion route construction; tissue engineering; Biological tissues; Fabrication; Printing; Three dimensional displays; Tissue engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

VLSI Technology (VLSIT), 2011 Symposium on

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

ISSN

0743-1562

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9949-6

Type

conf

Filename

5984316