Biofluid Mechanics / Biofluids
Milad Mahdinezhad Asiyabi; Bahman Vahidi
Volume 14, Issue 4 , February 2021, , Pages 345-355
Abstract
It is possible to replace or repair damaged tissue with regenerative medicine. Most tissues in the body rely on blood vessels to supply oxygen and nutrients to individual cells. New blood vessels are essential to grow tissue longer than 100-200 mm due to limited oxygen delivery; This restriction also ...
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It is possible to replace or repair damaged tissue with regenerative medicine. Most tissues in the body rely on blood vessels to supply oxygen and nutrients to individual cells. New blood vessels are essential to grow tissue longer than 100-200 mm due to limited oxygen delivery; This restriction also applies to engineered tissues. Therefore, one of the prerequisites for tissue survival and growth is the presence of vasculature. One way to overcome this limitation is to use microfluidic channels that are created by planting a layer of endothelial cells on the channel wall and applying in vitro flow. In this study, the channels were placed inside a type 1 collagen scaffold with 81% porosity, and a drainage channel was considered for the scaffold with lymphatic function. The geometry of the perfusion channel was based on Murray’s law. The effect of parameters such as drainage channel radius, perfusion channel pressure difference, scaffold hydraulic conductivity, and vascular hydraulic conductivity on transmural pressure and shear stress was investigated. The effect of the bifurcation angle on shear stress was also studied. The finite element method was used to solve the problem. In the simulation on a vessel with a diameter of 100 mm, the maximum interstitial velocity was 50E-9 m/s, the maximum interstitial pressure was 1.34E+3 Pa, and the minimum transmural pressure was 1.49E+3 Pa. The average shear stress on the vessel walls was 10 dyn/cm2. It was noted that reducing the pressure at the drainage channel outlet, the internal insulation of the scaffold from the pressure difference within the perfusion channel, reducing the vascular hydraulic conductivity, increasing the scaffold hydraulic conductivity, and increasing the radius of the drainage channel will create and maintain positive transmural pressure. The results of this study can be used in creating implantable tissue consisting of vascular network and drainage.
Tissue Engineering
Shahryar Ramezani Bajgiran; Maryam Saadatmand
Volume 11, Issue 3 , September 2017, , Pages 211-218
Abstract
Despite the advancements made in the tissue engineering, one of the obstacles in producing thick tissues is the means of oxygen transport to the deep layered cells of the engineered tissue and creating the network of veins inside the tissue. One way to overcome this problem is to create a microfluidic ...
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Despite the advancements made in the tissue engineering, one of the obstacles in producing thick tissues is the means of oxygen transport to the deep layered cells of the engineered tissue and creating the network of veins inside the tissue. One way to overcome this problem is to create a microfluidic network of channels inside the porous scaffold. These channels can both enhance the oxygenation and produce a mold for the natural vessels created by the angiogenesis cells. In this paper the dissolved oxygen distribution inside a 2D scaffold, which contains bifurcation based microfluidic channels, has been simulated by the means of computational fluid dynamics. To achieve this, the liquid flow and oxygen transport equations have been solved with considerations to the boundary conditions and suitable parameters. The oxygen transport has been found for the static scaffold, and the scaffolds made from the 0 order to third order of bifurcation with a bifurcation angle of 45 degrees. The results have shown that the scaffold with the second order of bifurcation has a better oxygen distribution and also more free area for the cell proliferation, which is consistent with the references. Next, the bifurcation angle was reduced to 35 degrees for the second order scaffold which resulted in an increase in the non-hypoxic area. Generally, by designing optimized angle of bifurcation based channels, a significant area can be oxygenated, while there will be sufficient surface available for cell proliferations.
Tissue Engineering
Fateme Shamsi; Mohsen Janmaleki; Nasser Fatouraee
Volume 3, Issue 4 , June 2009, , Pages 265-274
Abstract
In this study a mechanism was modeled to control the jet path of nanofibers produced by electrospinning through inducing a magnetic field over the jet path. Firstly, a model was developed for the jet path in which the fibers composed of a series of viscoelastic segments. Considering the mass and momentum ...
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In this study a mechanism was modeled to control the jet path of nanofibers produced by electrospinning through inducing a magnetic field over the jet path. Firstly, a model was developed for the jet path in which the fibers composed of a series of viscoelastic segments. Considering the mass and momentum conservation and maxwellian model of stretching viscoelastic segments using three equations governing the jet dynamics of the jet model in electrospinning, a program was developed in MATLAB with Runge–Kutta method. After ensuring the accuracy of the model, its behavior was evaluated in the presence of a magnetic field. The field induced a uniform force distribution over the jet. As the intensity of the magnetic field increased; the instability and bending radius of the jet reduced. The results of the research showed that utilizing a suitable mechanism for applying magnetic field can provide help in controlling the jet path and alignment of the nanofibers.
Biomechanics of Bone / Bone Biomechanics
Mahmoud Azami; Fathollah Moztarzadeh; Mohammad Rabiee
Volume 3, Issue 4 , June 2009, , Pages 275-284
Abstract
During past decade, using biomimetic approaches has received much attention by scientists in the field of tissue substitutes preparation. These approaches have been employed for synthesis of bone tissue engineering scaffolds in the case of either materials or synthesis methods. In this study, an apatite ...
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During past decade, using biomimetic approaches has received much attention by scientists in the field of tissue substitutes preparation. These approaches have been employed for synthesis of bone tissue engineering scaffolds in the case of either materials or synthesis methods. In this study, an apatite phase has been synthesized within gelatin hydrogel in biomimetic condition. The obtained composite hydrogel has changed to a porous scaffold with the application of freeze drying technique in order to be used in bone tissue engineering. To characterize the chemical composition and crystal structure of the synthesized precipitate within hydrogel, FTIR, XRD and TEM analysis were used. Surface morphology and porous structure of the scaffold were studied with SEM. SEM analysis was also used to investigate the quality of cultured osteoblast cells activity. Results approved formation of an apatite phase within gelatin hydrogel in biomimetic condition with crystallite size ranging between 7-10 nm. Porosity percentage of the obtained nanocomposite scaffold was about 82% with pores sizes in the range of 100-350μm. Young’s elastic modulus of the scaffold was comparable with that of the spongy bone. The osteoblast cells cultured on the scaffold showed adhesion, immigration and extracellular matrix excretion on the scaffold internal surfaces. Thus, obtained results indicated the potential ability of the prepared biomimetic bone tissue engineering scaffold to be used in bone tissue repair process.
Biomechanics of Bone / Bone Biomechanics
Masoume Haghbin Nazarpak; Farzane Pourasgari; Mohammad Nabi Sarbolouki
Volume 3, Issue 4 , June 2009, , Pages 291-298
Abstract
The scaffolds for bone tissue engineering should consider the functional requirements: porosity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. In this study, porous Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)/Hydroxyapatite composites were prepared with different weight ratios. Porous samples were fabricated by freeze-extraction ...
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The scaffolds for bone tissue engineering should consider the functional requirements: porosity, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. In this study, porous Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid)/Hydroxyapatite composites were prepared with different weight ratios. Porous samples were fabricated by freeze-extraction method, coated with triblock copolymer and sterilized by UV. Then, human mesenchymal stem cells were cultured on scaffolds. Microstructural studies with SEM suggest the formation of about 50 micrometer size porous structure and interconnected porosity so that cells adhesion within the structure is well in depth in coated samples. DAPI fluorescence microscopy showed cells adhesion to the coated scaffolds and cells diffusion into the pores. Also, direct assay of cell proliferation performed with MTT test showed that, cells grew on the scaffold similar to or more than control samples result. Therefore, these findings suggest that the triblock-coated Poly (lactic-coglycolic acid)/ Hydroxyapatite porous composite scaffolds could provide cells adhesion and proliferation and are appropriate matrices for bone tissue engineering.
