Cell expansion system
AssigneeNUtech Ventures
InventorsYuguo Lei, Hendrik Viljoen
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Abstract
A cell expansion system for culturing and expanding cells in hydrogel tubes is disclosed herein. The cell expansion system includes a cap having an extruder located within the cap and a tubular housing in fluid connection with the cap. The extruder has at least a first and second inlet. The tubular housing includes a cell compatible buffer. The extruder extends from within the cap into the tubular housing. The cell expansion system allows for expanding cells that can significantly reduce the production time and cost, while increasing the production capacity.
Claims19
A cell expansion system for expanding cells, the system comprising:
- a cap connected to a tubular housing defining an internal space, the cap comprising:
- an extruder comprising at least a first inlet and at least a second inlet, the extruder disposed within the internal space defined by the cap and the tubular housing such that distal ends of the first inlet and the second inlet are connected to the cap at respective openings in the cap, the first inlet operable for introducing a cell solution into the cap, the at least second inlet operable for introducing a hydrogel-forming solution into the cap;
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- the tubular housing in fluid connection with the extruder, wherein the tubular housing comprises a cell compatible buffer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.