Fig. 1.

Engineering drawings of the custom mechanical bioreactor chambers, grips, and scaffold seeding wells. (A) Chamber, (B) grips, and (C) actuator arm designed for mechanical evaluation of soft tissues. Through-holes in the grips allow for secure mounting of tissues using stainless steel cap screws and nuts to prevent slipping during a pull-to-failure. (D) Cell culture chamber, (E) snap hook grip, and (G) actuator arm for sterile cell culture. Through-holes are eliminated, and the snap hook system successfully secures the cell-seeded scaffolds. (F) Custom wells for seeding scaffolds with cells.