Whether you need eyes, arteries, organs, or multi-layer tissue, we provide hydrogels in various form factors. We create synthetic tissue phantom formulations according to your requirements, providing the properties necessary for your application.
Customizable Hydrogel Properties
- Hardness
- Elasticity
- Lubricity
- Puncture resistance
- Tear strength
- Permittivity
- Conductivity
- Cutting behavior of “native tissue” (mechanical and energy-based)
- Ultrasound and x-ray contrast
- Coefficient of friction
Synthetic Tissue Applications
Custom Synthetic Tissue Phantom Development
Few trends within the healthcare industry are more predictable than increasing surgical complexity matched by decreasing invasiveness. The benefits are unmistakable, however practical challenges remain regarding how best to train the surgeons and doctors of the future. Traditional methods of using cadaveric models are no match for modern education settings, limitations include limited life, ethical obligations, cost, repeatability, and difficulty in obtaining specimens. More importantly a cadaver’s physiology is not always sufficiently similar and generating a reliable model for diseases is not easy.
The demand for tissue phantoms is clear; hydrogel models can match the desired tissue mechanical properties, and can be tailored to provide a specific function or response. By matching the general structure and water content of natural tissue, hydrogels have proven to be a superior alternative to commonly used rubbers and elastomers.
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Hydrogels for Surgical Training Models
Use tissue equivalents to replace animals and human cadavers to avoid infection issues and limited life.
Types of Surgical Training Hydrogels
- Casts of major organs, cancer tissue, plaque formations and lesions for surgical training
- Skin substitutes for testing suturing and pull-out forces
- Multi-layer eye models
- Biopsy
- Fat tissue mimicking used as ultrasound phantoms (pictured above)
- And more…
Benefits of Synthetic Tissues
Our hydrogel models offer:
- Reliability (repeatability) – same formulation, less variability from animal tissue
- Accuracy
- Cost-effective – practical, expedient, hassle-free
- Cruelty-free – no animals are harmed in the making of your hydrogel
- Increased shelf life – on-hand, on demand
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Synthetic Tissue Mimicking for Biomedical Equipment Testing
Hydrogels provide a clinically realistic testing platform that is more reproducible and long-lasting than animal or cadaver models. Applications for instrument and device testing using synthetic tissue mimicking include:
- Arteries and blood vessel layer constructs for testing cardiovascular tools
- Tissues phantom for testing and tracking biopsy needle efficacy
- Hydrogels with the correct permittivity and conductivity to match the electromagnetic properties of bone and soft tissues, used for the verification and validation of medical devices
Focusing initially on arterial models by matching the compliance of aortic vessels, our abilities have evolved into an advanced casting procedure capable of fabricating two-ply constructs incorporating particulate matter to mimic lesions or plaque formation. Composite construction design is an ongoing process continually incorporating additional detail including pores of varying diameter.
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