Bioartificial device for the storage, cultivation and/or multiplication of cells
Patent Number: 7067307
Date of First Priority Issue: Saturday November 2nd, 2002
Date Issued: Tuesday June 27th, 2006
Assignee: Raimung Margreiter (Seefeld, AT)
Inventors: Hochleitner, Boris-Wolfgang (Graz, AT); Hengster, Paul (Innsbruck, AT)
From Class: 3D Culture/Scaffold
Comments: No comments
This invention is useful for generating artificial tissue, particularly, but not limited to hepatocytes using a flow-through bioreactor that has the following advantages over the existing technologies: a) Cells can be cultivated; b) Cell growth is under extremely low shear forces and turbulences; c) A continuous supply of oxygen-saturated nutrient medium is provided; and d) Continuous assessment of cell quality and condition of the nutrient medium is possible.
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