Human Cartilage Tissue Fabrication Using Three-dimensional Inkjet Printing Technology

Xiaofeng Cui; Guifang Gao; Tomo Yonezawa; Guohao Dai

doi:10.3791/51294

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Human Cartilage Tissue Fabrication Using Three-dimensional Inkjet Printing Technology

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Human Cartilage Tissue Fabrication Using Three-dimensional Inkjet Printing Technology

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09:32 min

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June 10, 2014

DOI:

10.3791/51294-v

DOI:

10.3791/51294-v

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09:32 min

June 10, 2014

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Xiaofeng Cui*^1,2,3, Guifang Gao*^2,4, Tomo Yonezawa^5,6, Guohao Dai¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ²Stemorgan Inc., ³Institute of Advanced Study,Technical University of Munich, ⁴Institute of Virology, School of Medicine,Wuhan University, ⁵Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine,The Scripps Research Institute, ⁶Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences,Tokyo University of Science

Summary

The methods described in this paper show how to convert a commercial inkjet printer into a bioprinter with simultaneous UV polymerization. The printer is capable of constructing 3D tissue structure with cells and biomaterials. The study demonstrated here constructed a 3D neocartilage.