Device and method for engineering living tissues
US9771554B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 26, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2533/76
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A device for assembling aggregations of adherent cells includes a gripper moveable within an assembly vessel that fixes aggregations of adherent cells at a membrane of the gripper and, by movement of the gripper, assembles aggregations of cells on a separate membrane within the vessel, thereby creating a three-dimensional assembly of aggregations of cells that fuse and can be employed in surgical procedures as a unitary tissue of adherent cells. The aggregations of cells, as assembled, can assume three-dimensional configurations distinct from any one of the component aggregations of cells assembled.
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