Tissue Stretching Device

Authors

Usama Ismail, Washington University in St. LouisFollow
Humza Ismail, Washington University in St. LouisFollow
Elvir Sarajlic, Washington University in St. LouisFollow

Publication Date

Fall 12-8-2017

Document Type

Final Report

Problem Statement

This tissue loading project consists of designing an apparatus that has two main functions. The first, and most obvious of these, being creating a device that will deform a band or disk of tissue with cells pre-seeded on them uniaxially while recording the stress and strain, specifically strain rate, that is applied to the tissue. While the deformation aspect of this device will be key, an equally important part of this project will be designing a part of our tissue loader that mimics the environmental chamber that the lab already uses or is compatible with the environmental chamber that is already in use. This is key when dealing with cells as the slightest disturbance in environment can lead to cell death and therefore inconclusive research results.

Author's School

McKelvey School of Engineering

Author's Department

Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Class Name

Mechanical Engineering Design Project (MEMS 411)

Recommended Citation

Ismail, Usama; Ismail, Humza; and Sarajlic, Elvir, "Tissue Stretching Device" (2017). Mechanical Engineering Design Project Class. 83.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/mems411/83