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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2009
Michael E. Coleman, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Eckhard U. Alt, Houston, TX (US);
Ron Stubbers, Houston, TX (US);
Michael E. Coleman, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Eckhard U. Alt, Houston, TX (US);
Ron Stubbers, Houston, TX (US);
Ingeneron, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Board of Regents of the University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are described for generating autologous tissue grafts, the apparatus including a point of care SVF isolation unit that includes a tissue digestion chamber in fluid communication with a lipid separating chamber, whereby SVF cells are isolated without centrifugation; and a cell seeding chamber in fluid communication with the SVF isolation unit, said cell seeding chamber adapted to support a cell scaffold. Methods and materials for cell seeding, including through the provision of micro rough scaffold surfaces, are also provided.