Fibre-Reinforced, Biphasic Composite Scaffolds with Pore Channels and Embedded Stem Cells Based on Alginate for the Treatment of Osteochondral Defects

The scaffold production technology is based is based on the biopolymer alginate which is suitable for embedding of cells and

also can generate a fascinating pore pattern of parallel aligned pores in honeycomb arrangement. Here we report how this biphasic scaffold was further reinforced by fibres. 6.2 Scaffolds with Parallel Aligned Pores

6.2.1 Biopolymer Alginate and Its Structure Formation Phenomenon of Directed Ionotropic GelationThe polysaccharide alginate is the structural element of brown algae; however, it is also synthesised by some bacteria [20, 21].