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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Corey P. Neu, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Tyler A. Novak, Lafayette, IN (US);
Garrett Shannon, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
Fabrication method for stratified and layered tissue to repair osteochondral defects. In a method of the present disclosure, the method comprises the step of applying a first direction magnetic field to a first quantity of a first collagen solution to align collagen within the first collagen solution in a first direction relative to the first direction magnetic field, forming a first layer of collagen. In a method of generating an aligned collagen layer of the present disclosure, the method comprises applying a first magnetic field at or greater than 0.1 Tesla to a layer of a first collagen solution defining a horizontal plane, within a temperature at or between 2° C. and 45° C., to generate an aligned collagen layer.