Rotating Cell Seeder
A heart Valve Cell Seeder
The Rotating Cell Seeder is to be used in the development of novel tissue engineered heart valves by allowing for location-specific cell seeding to heart valve roots. The device provides control over rotation style and speed, is autoclavable for repeated use, and provides gas exchange in a sterile in vitro environment.
When partnered with our Platform Heart Valve Bioreactor, you can fully develop and test your patient-specific heart valve. Now is the time to partner with us in developing tissue engineered heart valves!
Features
Circumferential or end-over-end rotation
Can mount up to 2 seeding chambers
Control over rotation speed, duration, and pausing
Multiple units fit inside a standard incubator
Disposable or autoclavable components
Quick and easy assembly
Sterile in vitro environment and sterile gas exchange
Specifications
AC Power Requirement: 120 or 240 V
Max Vacuum: -8 inch Hg
Rotating Speed: Set at 0.1 to 10 RPM
Control Unit Weight: 14.65 lb (6.65 kg)
Rotating Frame with Two Seeding Chambers Weight: 10.25 lb (4.65 kg)
Chamber Volume: Less than 250 mL
Max W x D x H: 41.3 x 19.4 x 22.5 cm
Components
The Seeding Chamber is used to house your scaffold and cells during the seeding process.
The Rotating Cradle can hold up to two seeding chambers for circumferential or end-over-end rotation, with pausing possible at any orientation. For large sample sizes, up to four Rotating Cradles can fit inside most standard incubators.
The Control Box plus Aptus Rotator Software is used to control rotation speed, duration, and pausing, as well as the sterile gas exchange within each chamber.
The MechAnnulus Valve Mount TM is a self-adjusting valve holder to allow for simple and efficient mounting. It was specially designed to help grip tissue during assembly, prevent slippage during use, and apply a constant force as the sample shape changes during use. It can be used with bioprosthetic, mechanical, and tissue valves.
Unlike traditional fittings, our Quick Connect Fittings are a single-piece, quick-action fitting that installs with a simple push. In addition, the lack of threading eliminates the need for traditional tape sealing methods. Its innovative design will help users save time and money, reduce complications, and provide an easier way to obtain a cleaner and more reliable seal. The fittings are available in many sizes, materials, and connection types making them suitable for a variety of applications.
Accessories
The Platform Heart Valve Bioreactor provides the base system used to test and develop heart valves under physiological conditions. When partnered with the Rotating Cell Seeder you can fully develop and test your patient-specific heart valve.
The Platform Heart Valve Bioreactor provides the base system used to test and develop heart valves under physiological conditions. This system is used for preconditioning valve scaffolds, pre-clinical testing of tissue development, durability, and hemodynamic compatibility, and the testing of cardiovascular implants on heart valves. Using additional accessories, the bioreactor system can be used to replace early stage animal models or in vitro models for studying valve physiology, pathology, and patient-specific theranostics.
The Rotating Cell Seeder is to be used in the development of novel tissue engineered heart valves by allowing for location-specific cell seeding to heart valve roots. The device provides control over rotation style and speed, is autoclavable for repeated use, and provides gas exchange in a sterile in vitro environment.
The Vascular Bioreactor features peristaltic pump technology combined with a highly-developed system of reservoirs, valves, and tubing to create a fully-tunable range of cardiovascular conditions. It can be used for conditioning, decellularization, or re-seeding in an open or sterile environment. This system is available in both standard and scalable versions.
Aptus Quick Connect Fittings were developed in a bioengineering lab around the ideology of simplifying the installation, changing, and cleaning of connections. Our solution is a single-piece quick-action fitting that installs with a simple push. Since the connection is not threaded, it eliminates the need for traditional tape sealing methods.
The MechAnnulus (TM) Valve Mount is a secure and easy system to hold heart valves in place during seading and conditioning of heart valves including biological, bioprosthetic, and mechancial heart valves.
The Compliance and Burst Pressure Module is a multi-user control and conditioning hardware that is the core equipment utilized in a number of modular extensions for various tissue testing and culturing purposes. The module is a vital part of the tissue-testing process for determining specific mechanical properties of tubular tissues.