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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Humacyte, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
George C. Engelmayr, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
Laura E. Niklason, Greenwich, CT (US);
Shannon L. Dahl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Justin T. Strader, Durham, NC (US);
Jinlin Zhang, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stuart Irwin, Denver, CO (US);
HUMACYTE, INC., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods for fabricating tubular structures from a combination of fibrous materials for use in, for example, tissue engineering scaffold applications. These materials may also be useful in other biological or non-biological applications in which such tubular fibrous structures may be applicable, examples including conventional medical devices, filters, fiber optics, cable wraps, geotextiles, batteries, fuel cells, armor, and other diverse applications.