A human engineered mini-heart platform for mimicking ventricular pump function
Marcelo C. Ribeiro, Mariel Cano-Jorge, Simone A. ten Den, Danique Snippert, Marcel Karperien, Tom Kamperman, Guillaume Pierre René Lajoinie, Michel Versluis, R. C. Passier
This paper develops a human mini-heart model that mimics ventricular pump function through sacrificial molding and bioreactor technology, enabling non-invasive hemodynamic measurements and drug response testing.
Cardiovascular Research · Sep 20, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering