Magnetically oriented tissue-equivalent and biopolymer tubes
US6194182A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61L2430/32
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Tissue-equivalent and biopolymer tubes include fibrils which are oriented by a magnetic field. These oriented fibrils provide enhanced mechanical properties to the tissue-equivalent and biopolymer tubes. One such tissue-equivalent tube includes a body of collagen with mammalian tissue cells interspersed therein. The collagen fibrils are circumferentially oriented within the tubular body by a magnetic field, thereby inducing circumferential orientation of the cells. Methods of making magnetically oriented tissue-equivalent tubes and biopolymer tubes are also disclosed.
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