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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2009
Thomas Neumann, Seattle, WA (US);
Thomas Neumann, Seattle, WA (US);
Nortis, Inc., Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Abstract
Creating a tissue structure in vitro includes juxtaposing mandrels on a culture/perfusion device frame where the mandrels are spaced apart substantially parallel to each other and connecting the mandrels to tubes including an upstream tubes and downstream tubes. The upstream tubes are connected with an upstream manifold and the downstream tubes are connected to a downstream manifold. The frame and the mandrels are sterilized, coated and seeded with cells that multiply and form circular layers around each of the mandrels until the circular layers merge into a tissue structure which is subjected to a growth medium. The mandrels are extracted and the tissue structure is perfused.