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US 10,011,811 B2Granted
Cell seeding device and method
AssigneeVericel Corporation
InventorsYongzhong Wang, Christopher Kelly, Stephen Rapko, Frank Quinno, Barbara Seymour
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Abstract
Described is a device comprising an anchor, a tray including a well adapted to receive the anchor, and a cover adapted to engage the tray and cover the well. The device may be used to form a membrane-cell matrix having a substantially uniform distribution of the cells on the membrane in at least two dimensions.
Claims22
A device comprising:
- an anchor comprising at least one sidewall comprising an upper portion that is disposed in a plane approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis (L) of the device and a lower portion with an outer surface of the lower portion angled radially toward the longitudinal axis (L) of the device wherein when a membrane is present, the lower portion engages at least a portion of the membrane:
- and at least one tab disposed on the upper portion of at least one sidewall, wherein the at least one tab is disposed in the same plane as the upper portion on which it is disposed;
- a tray including a well adapted to receive the anchor, wherein the anchor is adapted to be slidably disposed in the well;
- and a cover adapted to engage the tray and cover the well.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.