Hybrid synthetic grafts and embodiments of systems and methods for
producing hybrid vascular grafts that can yield implantable grafts that
combine synthetic grafts with living cells. Embodiments of systems can
include a pressure/flow loop subsystem having an external flow loop
system coupled to a specimen holder where the pressure/flow loop
subsystem is capable of adjusting at least two dynamic conditions in the
specimen holder or a diameter of a specimen in the specimen holder.
Embodiments of methods can coat a hybrid lower limb artery bypass
vascular graft with a confluent monolayer of endothelial cells by
immobilizing a plurality of endothelial cells on the hybrid lower limb
artery bypass vascular graft and placing the hybrid lower limb artery
bypass vascular graft in a system embodiment according to the invention
under conditions effective to promote the endothelial cells to form a
confluent monolayer on the surface of the hybrid vascular graft.