This tester measures the biaxial mechanical properties of cylindrical specimens, such as blood vessels and lymphatic vessels.
This tester, on the other hand, measures the biaxial mechanical properties of planar specimens such as skin and pericardium. It can be used to characterize uniaxial mechanical properties of soft materials.
Fabrication of structurally biomimetic media equivalents
Decellularization of native blood vessels
Anisotropic and/or fibrous poly(glycerol sebacate)
Digital image correlation
Finite element methods
Use of electrospun fibers
Fibroblast-seeded collagen gels (3D cell culture)
Cyclically equibiaxial stretching with smaller strain
Cyclically equibiaxial stretching with larger strain
Cyclically strip-biaxial stretching