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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence J. Bonassar, Acton, MA (US);
Jon A. Rowley, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
David J. Mooney, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ; A61F 2/10 ; A61F 2/20 ; A61F 2/28 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 ; A61F 2/10 ; A61F 2/20 ; A61F 2/28 ;
Abstract
The invention features methods of making living tissue constructs having a predetermined shape by providing a negative mold having a defined shape; suspending isolated tissue precursor cells in a hydrogel to form a liquid hydrogel-precursor cell composition; introducing the liquid hydrogel-precursor cell composition into the mold; inducing gel formation to solidify the liquid hydrogel-precursor cell composition to form a living tissue construct; and removing the living tissue construct from the mold after gel formation.