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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 17.
Published in final edited form as: Cardiovasc Res. 2008 Feb 28;78(2):324–332. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvn055

Figure 1.

Figure 1

(A) Mechanical conditioning system with raised platform mounted on motorized actuator. A stationary vertical stage is interfaced with the mobile anchor post by a beam. (B) Modified Labtek culture chamber with fixed anchor, mobile anchor supported by pins and removable Teflon mold. The Teflon mold was removed after collagen polymerization to yield a free floating tensile test specimen. An unanchored shape control (C) and a typical anchored construct (D). (E) Schematics show the four different test configurations in side view – (1) Shape Control, (2) No Stretch, (3) Static Stretch and (4) Cyclic Stretch.