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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2020
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Zhenqiang Ma, Middleton, WI (US);
Inkyu Lee, Madison, WI (US);
Juhwan Lee, Madison, WI (US);
Michael Phillips, Stoughton, WI (US);
David Gamm, Waunakee, WI (US);
Shaoqin Gong, Middleton, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
Photoreceptor scaffolds that can be used for transplantation of organized photoreceptor tissue, with or without retinal pigment epithelial cells, which may improve grafted cell survival, integration, and functional visual rescue are disclosed herein. The scaffolds include a cell support layer having at least one honeycomb-shaped reservoir fluidly connected to a plurality of through-holes and at least one cell in the at least one honeycomb-shaped reservoir.