Mechanically elongated neuronal cells and methods for producing and using these cells

Patent Number: 6365153

This patent teaches ways of using physical means to stretch out neuronal cells. These neurons can then be inserted into an animal or human with a nervous system injury.

This patent is useful for stem cells since the neurons could be generated from progenitors in vitro, then mechanically modified, then placed into the nervous system of the patient.

View this patent on the USPTO website.