Aligned fiber and method of use thereof
US10137223B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 13, 2014 |
| Grant date | Nov 27, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 13, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2533/90
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A scaffold comprising an aligned fiber. The invention further relates to a scaffold comprising one or more electrospun fibers wherein a fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis result of the fibers have adjacent major peaks with about 180? apart from each other. Methods for promoting differentiation of stem cells into osteoblasts, chondrocytes, ligament or tendon, the method comprising culturing the cells on the scaffold or aligned fiber in conditions suitable for the cell differentiation.
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