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Preliminary In Vitro biocompatibility tests with 40:40:20 mixture of Collagen Types I and III (Human Placental) and Elastin (bovine neck ligament) 

 

                         

SEM micrograph of scaffold before seeding.  Fiber diameter of 1.0 microns and pore dimension of 3.7 microns.

 

SEM micrograph of scaffold seeded with rat aortic smooth muscle cells at 7 days (left) and 21 days (right).

 

                         

Masson's Trichrome stained section of scaffold seeded for 21 days.

 
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