ASTM Workshop Program:
«Standards and measurements for tissue engineering scaffolds: what do we have and what do we need?»
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
JW Marriott Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Workshop Co-Chairs:
Reto Luginbuehl, Robert Mathys Foundation, Bettlach, Switzerland
Carl G. Simon Jr., National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA
John A. Tesk, Biomedical Materials & Devices Consulting, Highland, MD, USA
Paul Tomlins, European Stardards Consulting, Englefield Green, Surrey, UK
Session 1: Introduction
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Intro to ASTM documents (classifications, specifications, test methods, practices, guides, terminology) and existing documents for scaffoldsByron Hayes, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Flagstaff, AZ, USA
Session 2: Needs revealed by clinical research experience
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Scaffolds and clinical needs: tendons and ligaments, articular cartilage Anthony Ratcliffe, PhD, Synthasome, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
Use of consensus standards in the regulatory approval of tissue engineered medical products (TEMPs) David S. Kaplan, PhD, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, Silver Spring, MD, USA
Needs revealed by clinical research experience: discussion Greg A. Brown, MD, PhD, Park Nicollet Health Services, St. Louis Park, MN, USA
Session 3: Hydrogels
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Gel strength and gelation kinetics as parameters in the development and quality control of hydrogels for medical products
Michael Dornish, FMC BioPolymer/NovaMatrix, Sandvika, Norway
Session 4: Solid scaffolds
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Characterization and quality control of electrospun medical devices Jed Johnson, PhD, Nanofiber Solutions, Columbus, OH, USA
Poster-on-laptop session:
Poster 2, Mrignayani Kotecha
Poster 5, Masood Machingal
Session 5: Natural scaffolds and characterization
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Mechanical properties of cell‐remodeled collagen scaffolds: personalized regenerative medicine Tetsuro Wakatsuki, InvivoSciences, Inc., Madison, WI, USA
Measuring porosity (millimetre to nanometre scale) Paul Tomlins, Englefield Green, Surrey, UK
Session 6: Conclusion
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Standards needs for measuring cell-material interactions in 3D scaffolds Carl G. Simon Jr., National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA