The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

John Van Aalst

Robert Glenn Dennis

Chia-Ying James Lin

Michael A Helmrath

Stacey Gruber

Alessandro De Alarcon

Various aspects of the disclosure relate to a tracheal implant comprising (a) a trachea processed to comprise one or more incisions providing a helical configuration to the processed trachea; and (b) a subject-specific synthetic support.

3D printed spiral for hybrid tracheal replacement scaffolds

Methods, devices and systems are disclosed for vibration induced tissue engineering. Apparatuses, devices, systems and methods are provided for engineering a tissue from stem cells using vibratory signals. A tissue engineering apparatus, device, or system can include a transmitter configured to transmit a signal to a receiver, a receiver configured to receive a signal from a transmitter, a holding structure configured to hold one or more mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), and a vibratory actuator in communication with the receiver and configured to generate a vibratory signal that is applied to the MSC.

Methods, devices and systems for vibration induced tissue engineering

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Walton, KY, United States of America

John Van Aalst