186 results about "Three dimensional scaffolds" patented technology

The present invention relates to a biocompatible, three-dimensional scaffold useful to grow cells and to regenerate or repair tissue in predetermined orientations. The scaffold is particularly useful for regeneration and repair of cardiac tissue. The scaffold contains layers of alternating A-strips and S-strips, wherein the A-strips within each layer are aligned parallel to each other and preferentially promote cellular attachment over attachment to the S-strips. Methods of producing and implanting the scaffold are also provided.

A method for fabricating a micro-organ device comprises providing a microscale support having one or more microfluidic channels and one or more micro-chambers for housing a micro-organ and printing a micro-organ on the microscale support using a cell suspension in a syringe controlled by a computer-aided tissue engineering system, wherein the cell suspension comprises cells suspended in a solution containing a material that functions as a three-dimensional scaffold. The printing is performed with the computer-aided tissue engineering system according to a particular pattern. The micro-organ device comprises at least one micro-chamber each housing a micro-organ; and at least one microfluidic channel connected to the micro-chamber, wherein the micro-organ comprises cells arranged in a configuration that includes microscale spacing between portions of the cells to facilitate diffusion exchange between the cells and a medium supplied from the at least one microfluidic channel.

A method for preparing a porous-three-dimensional scaffold good for tissue engineering is described. Sericin forms a three-dimensional scaffold with PVA after freeze-drying having glycerin as a plasticizer and genipin as natural crosslinking agent to help making a strong and stable matrix. Adding glycerin into scaffold gives good uniformity and porosity. Smaller pore sizes and better uniformity are obtained as the concentration of genipin in the scaffold increases. Glycerin retains a high moisture content to allow the presence of water molecule in the matrix structure. Adding genipin results in a higher degree of crosslinking within the scaffold. Crosslinking using genipin is most beneficial in preparing scaffold possesses the best biological and physical properties for wound healing. The present invention describes method for preparing crosslinked matrix whose composition can be appropriately tuned to obtain matrix with desirable characteristics for biological applications.

The present invention is preparation process of complicated tissue organ precursor and belongs to the field of biological tissue engineering technology. Seed cell or gene and matrix material are prepared into micro colloid bead or 3D multi-canal structure; and cell and rack are located in space accurately via fast computer aided formation, coating, injecting, etc. The said process is superior to available tissue engineering process, which is time consuming and has uneven distribution of cells in rack, hard permeation of cell to deep structure and other demerits. By means of part combination, the present invention can reach the requirement of complicated organ, and realize organ reconstruction for repair and regeneration.

The invention relates to an injectable composite material for bone repair. According to the composite material, biological tissue materials and biological ceramics are organically combined so as to form an injectable medical material with a three-dimensional scaffold function. In the invention, a biological tissue material substrate is micro-fiber with a natural crosslinking structure, is free of additional physical or chemical crosslinking, has good biocompatibility, and can be slowly degraded completely in vivo; and the biological tissue materials and the biological ceramics can be combined in multiple ways. In the composite material, after the biological ceramics serving as a reinforced phase are combined with the biological tissue materials, a favorable template can be provided for bone tissue regeneration in vivo, and bone growth can be effectively induced. The injectable material provided by the invention can be used for seamlessly filling bone defect of any size, and biological agents including bone marrow are added in the process, so that the bioactivity is further enhanced. Therefore, the material can be widely used for bone defect caused by wounds, resection of tumors, osteonecrosis, infection and the like.

A three-dimensional scaffold for a medical implant includes a plurality of layers bonded to each other. Each layer has a top surface and a bottom surface and a plurality of pores extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. Each layer has a first pore pattern of the pores at the top surface and a different, second pore pattern at the bottom surface. Adjacent surfaces of at least three adjacent layers have a substantially identical pore pattern aligning to interconnect the pores of the at least three adjacent layers to form a continuous porosity through the at least three adjacent said layers.

The invention relates to a novel biological scaffold material for bone repair and a preparation method thereof. PLGA and PLA with a mass ratio of 1: 1-10: 1 are dissolved into chloroform, dimethyl sulfoxide, 1, 4-dioxane or a mixed liquid of the 1, 4-dioxane and ultrapure water, and then pearl powder which is subjected to partial or complete deproteinization treatment is added into the obtained product according to the proportion of the PLGA / a PLA mixture to the pearl powder (mass ratio) is 1: 1-10: 1 to obtain forming slurry. A three-dimensional scaffold with high porosity and connectivity rate is designed through a 3D software, and then a low-temperature rapid forming system is utilized to ensure that the three-dimensional scaffold is formed to obtain a scaffold with a microporous structure. An artificial bone biological scaffold material prepared by the method has a three-dimensional scaffold structure that a macroscopic structure has aperture channels with diameters of between 100 and 500mu m and a microstructure has micropores with diameters of between 10 and 20mu m, wherein micron pearl powder is dispersedly distributed on walls of the micropores. The porosity is between 60 and 90 percent, and a macroporous structure is perforated in three directions of X axis, Y axis and Z axis, and has 100 percent of connectivity.