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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomech Model Mechanobiol. 2014 May 22;14(1):73–81. doi: 10.1007/s10237-014-0589-1

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Stimulated tissue engineered neocartilage constructs were implanted into a rabbit petallar-femoral defect for 3 weeks. Constructs were capable of being sutured into place and persisted until the 3 week sacrifice time. Rabbit in vivo implantation proof-of-concept. (a) Stimulated construct pre-implantation. (b) H&E staining of stimulated construct before implantation (40×). (c) (Left) Stimulated construct sutured into rabbit patellar osteochondral defect using a restorable 6-0 Vicryl, (Right) after 3 weeks in vivo. Sutures have begun resorbing as expected, while the stimulated construct is still in place within the defect. (d)H&E staining of stimulated construct within rabbit patellar defect after 3 weeks (4×).