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Circular
tube

Triangular
tube

Tendon chitosan made of crab
tendon

Figure 9.35
Circular and triangular conduits of chitosan. (From Itoh, S. et al. 2003. Artif Organs 27: 1079-1088. With
permission.)

Figure 9.36
SEM micrograph of the cross section through a freeze-dried alginate/chitosan nerve conduit (magnification ×70
(left) and ×350 (right)). (From Pfister, L. A. 2007. J Biomed Mater Res 80A: 932-937. With permission.)