Figure 1
From: A Novel Bioreactor System for the Assessment of Endothelialization on Deformable Surfaces
Design of the System.
(A) Bioreactor chamber dimensions. l = 47 mm (entrance length); h = 2.5 mm (chamber height); w = 6 mm (chamber width, not shown) and d = 5 mm (diameter of the inflated membrane). (B) Global cross section view of the bioreactor. (C) View of the reactor with transparent inflation part. (D) View of the reactor with transparent flow part. The insets show the membrane (clamped in between Metal disk and O-Ring) in its flat state (E), corresponding to the minimum shear stress, and its maximum inflated state (F) that corresponds to the maximum shear stress conditions. The scale bars in panels (A–D) correspond to 10 mm and the scale bars in panels (E) and (F) to 5 mm, respectively.
