Chantell Farias; Roman Lyman; Cecilia Hemingway; Huong Chau; Anne Mahacek; Evangelia Bouzos; Maryam Mobed-Miremadi
Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland). 2018;5(3):E59.
https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering5030059
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Editorial summary
A stereolithography-printed hollow microneedle device was assessed for extrusion of cell-containing alginate microcapsules. Mechanical tests on empty alginate macrobeads supported evaluation of capsule properties alongside extrusion performance and cell viability experiments.
Equipment used
A Biomomentum Mach-1 (reported as Mach I) performed confined compression of empty alginate macrobeads after incubation in culture medium.
Materials (1)
Material
Hydrogel (Beads)
Test configurations (1)
Test configuration