Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Bioengineering

An Experimental and Finite Element Protocol to Investigate the Transport of Neutral and Charged Solutes across Articular Cartilage

Vahid Arbabi^*1,2, Behdad Pouran^*1,2, Amir. A. Zadpoor¹, Harrie Weinans^1,2,3

¹Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime, and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), ²Department of Orthopedics, UMC Utrecht, ³Department of Rheumatology, UMC Utrecht

We propose a protocol to investigate the transport of charged and uncharged molecules across articular cartilage with the aid of recently developed experimental and numerical methods.