METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY MEASURING CONTRACTION CHARACTERISTICS OF ENGINEERED HEART TISSUE CONSTRUCTS

摘要

The invention is directed to a novel method for measuring contraction characteristics of engineered heart tissue constructs (16) which is based on the mechanical coupling of the construct (16) to a support element (8) which comprises or is mechanically coupled to a piezoelectric element (10). An apparatus (1) for carrying out the method of the invention is also provided.