Abstract
Vascular regeneration is one of the main focuses of tissue engineering. This is due to the clinical need for novel therapeutics and implants to address problems such as cardiovascular disease. Although three-dimensional (3D) printing in tissue engineering is relatively new, the ability to create new vasculature and the ability to repair/replace existing vasculature with a 3D-printed tissue-engineered construct are coming closer to a reality. This chapter discusses a few of the main 3D printing technologies that are directly applicable to blood vessel regeneration. It gives an overview of the methods and how they are directly used to manufacture tissue-engineered blood vessels. There is a specific emphasis placed on two main types of printing systems, either cell-free scaffolds or cell-based scaffolds.
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