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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Applicants:
Eth Zürich, Zürich, CH;
Universität Zürich, Zürich, CH;
Inventors:
Assignees:
ETH ZÜRICH, Zürich, CH;
UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH, Zürich, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/56 (2006.01); A61L 27/18 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61L 27/18 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 2420/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/10 (2013.01); A61L 2430/20 (2013.01); A61L 2430/30 (2013.01); A61L 2430/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for preparing a polymer scaffold that comprises the steps of providing a piece of a fabric of filaments of a first biodegradable or biocompatible polymer, applying a coating of a second polymer to said arrangement of filaments, and stretching the piece along its axis of longitudinal extension, thereby obtaining an aligned microfibrillar scaffold. The invention further relates to a method for providing an artificial tissue, and to a microfibrillar scaffold of aligned filaments obtained by the method of the invention.