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View article: In vitro blood clot mechanical properties depend on fibrinogen and white blood cell subtypes in addition to hematocrit
In vitro blood clot mechanical properties depend on fibrinogen and white blood cell subtypes in addition to hematocrit Open
Background Understanding the role of blood composition in clot mechanics may provide critical cues toward their diagnosis and treatment. To this end, we previously showed that sex and standard blood composition measures explain some variab…
View article: How to Measure Fracture Toughness of Soft Materials: A Comparison of Six Different Approaches using Blood Clot as a Model Material
How to Measure Fracture Toughness of Soft Materials: A Comparison of Six Different Approaches using Blood Clot as a Model Material Open
Soft materials are an important class of materials. They play critical roles both in nature, in the form of soft tissues, and in industrial applications. Quantifying their mechanical properties is an important part of understanding and pre…
View article: How well do 3D‐printed tissue mimics represent the complex mechanics of biological soft tissues? An example study with Stratasys' cardiovascular TissueMatrix materials
How well do 3D‐printed tissue mimics represent the complex mechanics of biological soft tissues? An example study with Stratasys' cardiovascular TissueMatrix materials Open
Tissue mimicking materials are designed to represent real tissue in applications such as medical device testing and surgical training. Thanks to progress in 3D‐printing technology, tissue mimics can now be easily cast into arbitrary geomet…
View article: What makes blood clots break off? A back-of-the-envelope computation to de-mystify blood clot embolization
What makes blood clots break off? A back-of-the-envelope computation to de-mystify blood clot embolization Open
One in four deaths worldwide is due to thromboembolic disease; that is, one in four people die from blood clots first forming and then breaking off or embolizing. Once broken off, clots travel downstream, where they occlude vital blood ves…
View article: Mechanical Properties of Clot Made from Human and Bovine Blood Differ Significantly
Mechanical Properties of Clot Made from Human and Bovine Blood Differ Significantly Open