Effect of Hydrogel Contact Angle on Wall Thickness of Artificial Blood Vessel.
Int J Mol Sci
; 23(19)2022 Sep 21.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2066117
ABSTRACT
Vascular replacement is one of the most effective tools to solve cardiovascular diseases, but due to the limitations of autologous transplantation, size mismatch, etc., the blood vessels for replacement are often in short supply. The emergence of artificial blood vessels with 3D bioprinting has been expected to solve this problem. Blood vessel prosthesis plays an important role in the field of cardiovascular medical materials. However, a small-diameter blood vessel prosthesis (diameter < 6 mm) is still unable to achieve wide clinical application. In this paper, a response surface analysis was firstly utilized to obtain the relationship between the contact angle and the gelatin/sodium alginate mixed hydrogel solution at different temperatures and mass percentages. Then, the self-developed 3D bioprinter was used to obtain the optimal printing spacing under different conditions through row spacing, printing, and verifying the relationship between the contact angle and the printing thickness. Finally, the relationship between the blood vessel wall thickness and the contact angle was obtained by biofabrication with 3D bioprinting, which can also confirm the controllability of the vascular membrane thickness molding. It lays a foundation for the following study of the small caliber blood vessel printing molding experiment.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Blood Substitutes
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Bioprinting
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Ijms231911114
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