Investigation on artificial blood vessels prepared from bacterial cellulose
Abstract(#br)BC (bacterial cellulose) exhibits quite distinctive properties than plant cellulose. The outstanding properties make BC a promising material for preparation of artificial blood vessel. By taking advantage of the high oxygen permeability of PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) as a tubular template material, a series of BC tubes with a length of 100\u003cce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"/\u003emm, a thickness of 1\u003cce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"/\u003emm and an outer diameter of 4 or 6\u003cce:hsp sp=\"0.25\"/\u003emm were biosynthesized with the help of Gluconacetobacter xylinum .