3D In Vitro Human Organ Mimicry Devices for Drug Discovery, Development, and Assessment

Figure 25

Handheld skin printer: (a) schematic diagram illustrating working principle of handheld bioprinter. (b) Rendered image of handheld bioprinter. (c) Photograph of 3D printed microfluidic cartridge. Scale bar 10 mm. (d) Schematic sideview image showing sheet formation between moving microfluidic cartridge and deposition surface or wound. Inset indicates fluid velocity profiles in bioink (green) and cross-linker layers (blue). Reproduced (or adapted) with permission [122], ©2018, Royal Society of Chemistry.

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