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Three-dimensional skin model

US8222031B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

Michaela Noll · Stuttgart, DE
Thomas Graeve · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2009
Grant date	Jul 17, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2533/54
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to methods for cultivating dermal fibroblasts, methods for preparing in vitro dermis equivalents, methods for preparing three-dimensional in vitro skin equivalents, an in vitro dermis equivalent, a three-dimensional in vitro skin equivalent, and methods for determining the effect of a chemical substance or of an agent on human skin cells using the in vitro dermis equivalent and/or the in vitro skin equivalent.

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