Title:

Fibrous Tissue Engineered Constructs

Case # InfoEd # 635
Inventors: Karen Burg
Summary: A tissue engineered medical implant (a “construct”) comprising a scaffold and cells, used to replace damaged tissues and/or organs. The scaffold for facilitating cell growth and wicking of liquids comprises a fiber having a non-circular cross-section. The construct addresses previous limitations in vascularization of engineered tissue replacements. The method of making the tissue engineered construct comprises seeding the cells onto the scaffold and culturing the cells.
Patent Status: Patent application has been filed. Detailed information must be provided under a confidential disclosure agreement. Please download the confidential disclosure form and mail the completed form to:

Vincie Albritton, Associate Director
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