Inkjet printing of tissues and cells

US8691274B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Wake Forest University Health Sciences · US

Inventors

• Tao Xu · Hangzhou City, CN
• James J. Yoo · Winston-Salem, US
• Anthony Atala · Winston-Salem, US
• Dennis Dice · Yadkinville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 8, 2014
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2533/56
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Provided herein is an apparatus for printing cells which includes an electrospinning device and an inkjet printing device operatively associated therewith. Methods of making a biodegradable scaffold having cells seeded therein are also provided. Methods of forming microparticles containing one or more cells encapsulated by a substrate are also provided, as are methods of forming an array of said microparticles.