Novel Sensor-Enabled Ex Vivo Bioreactor: A New Approach towards Physiological Parameters and Porcine Artery Viability

Figure 1

Sensor-enabled ex vivo bioreactor setup. (a) Artery fixed in the bioreactor tube supporting the Luer locks; selected artery with desired dimensions is connected to hypotubes and firmly attached using elastics to avoid leakages. (b) Bioreactor overall setup with sensor attachment; hypotube containing artery is placed in an aluminum block maintained on temperature controlled heating mantle. The inlet and outlets of the hypotubes are connected to the media reservoir through peristaltic pump to facilitate circulation of media.