Instrument for regenerating living organism tissue or organ

Patent Number: 6953482

Essentially the invention is a scaffold with a tube-like feature in which cells may be grown outside of the body to form an organ or tissue, and then will be used for implantation into the host. The tube-like features of the scaffold allow for growth of neurons, blood vessels, trachea, and other bodily parts. The patent has 2 independent claims. The first covers general features of the scaffold and the second provides some approximate dimensions and more details. Both independent claims cover "An instrument for regenerating a living organism tissue or organ". It is important to note that the scaffold can be directly implanted in vivo to allow progenitor cells to populate and regenerate the damaged tissue. In the Examples section of the disclosure, proof-of-principle studies were performed in beagle dogs with excised nerves.

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