Design and Validation of Equiaxial Mechanical Strain Platform, EQUicycler, for 3D Tissue Engineered Constructs

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(a) Cam profiles used to create 4%, 8%, and 16% equiaxial mechanical strains and the correlation between the displacement of moving plate and applied circumferential strain. (b) Displacement-controlled load versus time graph with representative loading-unloading cycles for various equiaxial mechanical strains.

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