Fig. 8.

Pressure-based tests. A) Custom-made system for the burst pressure testing of constructs produced by the self-assembly method [60]; B) System used to apply a pulsatile flow (Bose Corporation) for the compliance testing of PLA-PCL tubular constructs [43]; C) Polyurethane-based nanocomposite vascular prosthesis coupled in a high-pressure syringe pump (Harvard apparatus PHD 2000 Programmable) and a pressure transducer for the burst pressure testing [80]; D) Bioreactor system with a laser scanning and pressure transducer used for the compliance testing of cellularized collagen gels [49]; E) Burst strength device used for testing tubular constructs made of Tecoflex®, point of burst showed in the right [81]; F) Elastingraft composed of elastin-like recombinamers in a bioreactor system for assessing compliance [82]. Reproduced from the indicated references with permission from the publishers.