Patent · US Active

Inkjet printing of tissues and cells

US9301925B2 · kind B2 · utility

34Cited by

13References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Wake Forest University Health Sciences · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 11, 2015
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N2533/56
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

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.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.