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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey W. Ruberti, Lexington, MA (US);
Jeffrey Paten, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/24 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); B29C 55/00 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01); C07K 14/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/24 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); B29C 55/00 (2013.01); C07K 14/473 (2013.01); C07K 14/78 (2013.01); B29K 2089/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and devices are described for using a controlled extensional strain to organize prefibrillar collagen and/or elastin solutions into an organized array of fibrils. The organized array of collagen fibrils produced by the disclosed methods and devices can be used for tissue engineering applications.