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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
May. 04, 2022
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Markus W. Reiterer, Plymouth, MN (US);
Kimberly A. Chaffin, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael F. Wolf, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61K 31/496 (2006.01); A61K 31/65 (2006.01); A61L 27/38 (2006.01); A61L 27/52 (2006.01); C12N 5/077 (2010.01); C12N 5/0775 (2010.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/38 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61K 31/496 (2013.01); A61K 31/65 (2013.01); A61L 27/52 (2013.01); C12N 5/0661 (2013.01); C12N 5/0663 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0014 (2013.01); A61F 2210/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2240/001 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); C12N 2513/00 (2013.01); C12N 2533/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure relates to systems and methods for tissue engineered grafts. The systems and methods can be used to make tissue engineered vascular grafts. The systems and methods use bioink deposited on a material having specified properties and matured under specified conditions to create the tissue engineered grafts having biomechanical properties tailored to a particular tissue.