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Micro Vacuum Chuck and Tensile Test System for Bio-Mechanical Evaluation of 3D Tissue Constructed of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes (hiPS-CM)
- Kaoru Uesugi,
- Fumiaki Shima,
- Ken Fukumoto,
- Ayami Hiura,
- Yoshinari Tsukamoto,
- Shigeru Miyagawa,
- Yoshiki Sawa,
- Takami Akagi,
- Mitsuru Akashi and
- Keisuke Morishima
In this report, we propose a micro vacuum chuck (MVC) which can connect three-dimensional (3D) tissues to a tensile test system by vacuum pressure. Because the MVC fixes the 3D tissue by vacuum pressure generated on multiple vacuum holes, it is expec...