Method for tissue expansion using pulsatile motion
US6668836B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 2, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/915
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of increasing the rate of expansion of tissue area and volume, either in vivo or in vitro, which comprises preparing a tissue for expansion and subjecting the tissue to stretching forces, wherein the stretching forces are alternatively increased and decreased to provide alternating periods of stretch and relax cycles.
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