Three dimensional optic tissue culture and process

US5962324A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration · US

Inventors

• Kim C. O'Connor · New Orleans, US
• Glenn F. Spaulding · Houston, US
• Thomas J. Goodwin · Friendswood, US
• Laurie A. Aten · Dickinson, US
• Karen M. Francis · Aiken, US
• Delmar R. Caldwell · Covington, US
• Tacey L. Prewett · Friendswood, US
• Wendy S. Fitzgerald · Webster, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 13, 1994
• Grant date: Oct 5, 1999
• Expiry date: May 13, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2531/00
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for artificially producing three-dimensional optic tissue has been developed. The optic cells are cultured in a bioreactor at low shear conditions. The tissue forms as normal, functional tissue grows with tissue organization and extracellular matrix formation.