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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lloyd Wolfinbarger, Norfolk, VA (US);
Assignee:
Bio Science Consultants, L.L.C., Norfolk, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M 3/00 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a device and process for recellularizing essentially acellular or devitalized tissue grafts, including for example essentially acellular or devitalized vascular tissue grafts, derived from human or animal sources, or as constructed using any number of tissue engineering methodologies. The process includes repopulating and reendothelializing an essentially acellular or devitalized tissue graft. The device is useful for producing a repopulated tissue graft from an essentially acellular or devitalized tissue, as well as for producing an essentially acellular or devitalized tissue graft.