Figure 2.

Scaffold perforative treatment.

(a) Perforative QMR procedure with the needle connected to a Cartesian robot; (b) macroscopic scaffold appearance after QMR perforative treatment in rectangular open shape; (c) macroscopic scaffold appearance after QMR perforative treatment in tubular shape; (d) digital microscope image of the upper surface of a decellularized scaffold after QMR perforative treatment at 118× magnification; (e) SEM image of a decellularized scaffold after QMR perforative treatment, magnification: 33×, scale bar 100 µm; (f) SEM image of a decellularized scaffold after QMR perforative treatment, magnification: 100×, scale bar 100 µm.

QMR, Quantum Molecular Resonance®; SEM, scanning electron microscopy.