Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography

Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2014.

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Main Author: Brickman Raredon, Micha Sam
Other Authors: Jeffrey Borenstein, Linda Griffith, and Paula Hammond.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90086
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spelling mit-1721.1/900862019-04-10T12:58:10Z Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography Brickman Raredon, Micha Sam Jeffrey Borenstein, Linda Griffith, and Paula Hammond. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Materials Science and Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2014. 35 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-67). Recent advances in material processing are presenting groundbreaking opportunities for biomedical engineers. Projection-micro-stereolithography, or PuSL, is an additive manufacturing technique in which complex parts are built out of UV-curable resins using ultraviolet light. The primary strength of PuSL is its capacity to translate CAD files into three-dimensional parts with unusually small feature sizes (~0.5 microns). It is an ideal candidate, therefore, for making tissue scaffolds with sophisticated microscopic architecture. Nearly all multicellular biological tissues display a hierarchy of scale. In human tissues, this means that the mechanics and function of an organ are defined by structural organization on multiple levels. Macroscopically, a branching blood supply creates a patent network for nutrient delivery and gas exchange. Microscopically, these vessels spread into capillary beds shaped in an organ-specific orientation and organization, helping to define the functional unit of a given tissue. On a nano-scale, the walls of these capillaries have a tissue-specific structure that selectively mediates the diffusion of nutrients and proteins. To craft a histologically accurate tissue, each of these length scales must be considered and mimicked in a space-filling fashion. In this project, I sought to generate a cellular, degradable tissue scaffolds that mimicked native extracellular matrix across length scales. The research described here lays the groundwork for the generation of degradable, vascularized cell scaffolds that might be used to build architecturally complex multi-cellular tissues suitable for both pharmacological modeling and regenerative medicine. by Micha Sam Brickman Raredon. S.M. 2014-09-19T21:38:53Z 2014-09-19T21:38:53Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90086 890142434 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 68 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Brickman Raredon, Micha Sam
Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography
title Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography
title_full Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography
title_fullStr Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography
title_full_unstemmed Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography
title_short Design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection-micro-stereolithography
title_sort design and fabrication of physiologic tissue scaffolds using projection micro stereolithography
topic Materials Science and Engineering.
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