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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rohan A. Shirwaiker, Raleigh, NC (US);
Caroline Elise Webster, Raleigh, NC (US);
John D. Jackson, Clemmons, NC (US);
Richard A. Wysk, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sang Jin Lee, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Ola L. A. Harrysson, Raleigh, NC (US);
James J. Yoo, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Anthony Atala, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Paul H. Cohen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Yuan-Shin Lee, Raleigh, NC (US);
Peter M. Prim, Raleigh, NC (US);
Molly F. Purser, Raleigh, NC (US);
Katie L. Basinger, Raleigh, NC (US);
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a tissue stretching device configured for orbicular expansion of a tissue placed therein. Methods of use of the device to stretch a tissue as well as for culturing organized tissues are also provided. Stretched and/or cultured tissues produced by these processes are also provided, as well as methods making use of the same.