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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:

The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);

Inventors:

Richard Rox Anderson, Boston, MA (US);

Joshua Tam, Boston, MA (US);

Christiane Fuchs, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/322 (2006.01); A61L 27/34 (2006.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61L 27/44 (2006.01); A61L 27/60 (2006.01); A61M 35/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/446 (2013.01); A61B 17/322 (2013.01); A61L 27/34 (2013.01); A61L 27/362 (2013.01); A61L 27/60 (2013.01); A61M 35/00 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00969 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3225 (2013.01); A61M 2202/09 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0288 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for assembling a plurality of tissue grafts are provided. A method includes applying a magnetic coating over a surface of a donor site and harvesting the plurality of micro tissue grafts from the donor site, so that an upper surface of each of the plurality of micro tissue grafts contains the coating. The method also includes arranging a magnet over the magnetic coating to induce the plurality of micro tissue grafts to organize in a desired orientation, forming a tissue construct containing the plurality of micro tissue grafts arranged in the desired orientation, and applying the tissue construct to a recipient site.


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