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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (US);
Gayathri Subramanian, Toledo, OH (US);
Mostafa Elsaadany, Toledo, OH (US);
Eda Yildirim-Ayan, Toledo, OH (US);
The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (US);
Abstract
A scaffold-stretching system includes at least one stretchable loading chamber configured to support a scaffold material and a supply of cells, such as human skin substitute cells, and is configured to allow for cultivation of a cellular three-dimensional scaffold; and a mechanical loading system is configured for application of cyclic and static uniaxial tensile mechanical loading on the cellular three-dimensional scaffold, and is configured to mimic the in vivo environment of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, and other tissues that experience uniaxial strains.