Manufacturing of an Artificial Artery Graft and In-Vitro Testing Model for Cardiovascular Disease (2019)

The production of tubular TEVGs currently comprises three main methods: “sheet rolling, tubular moulding, and direct scaffolding” (3). This study aims to develop a simple and accessible direct-scaffolding technique, employed by Tabriz, which involves „dip-coating�?? a steel rod to produce a natural polymer TEVG (3, 4). The process comprises submerging a steel rod into an alginate solution and subsequently submerging the rod into a barium chloride crosslinking agent solution, in order to improve its structural properties. The rod is then removed, leaving behind a vessel with a representative vascular lumen