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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1988
Herman H Vandenburgh, Barrington, RI (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for growing tissue specimens in vitro wherein the apparatus includes an expandable membrane for receiving a tissue specimen thereon, a mechanism for expanding the membrane and the tissue specimen, and a controller for controlling the expanding mechanism. The controller is operative in accordance with the method for applying an activity pattern to the membrane and a tissue specimen thereon which includes simultaneous continuous stretch activity and repetitive stretch and release activity. The continuous stretch activity and the repetitive stretch and release activity simulate the types of activity to which cells are exposed in vivo due to growth and movement, respectively, and they cause the cells of tissue specimens grown in the apparatus in accordance with the method to develop as three-dimensional structures similar to those grown in vivo.
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