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US 2003/0152556 A1Published application
Fabrication of a cartilage implant
AssigneeTaipei Biotechnology Ltd., Inc.
InventorsWen-Fu T. Lai, Ja-Reng Tang, Chien-Tsu Chen
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a cartilage implant including embedding and growing chondrocytes or mesenchymal stem cells in a three-dimensional substrate. The substrate contains randomly rewound α-helical monomers of type I collagen.
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A method of fabricating a cartilage implant comprising:
- embedding chondrocytes or mesenchymal stem cells in a three-dimensional substrate, the substrate containing randomly rewound α-helical monomers of type I collagen;
- and
- growing the chondrocytes or mesenchymal stem cells in the substrate;
- thereby producing a cartilage implant.
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A method of fabricating a cartilage implant comprising:
- embedding chondrocytes in a three-dimensional substrate, the substrate containing randomly rewound α-helical monomers of type I collagen;
- and
- growing the chondrocytes in the substrate;
- thereby producing a cartilage implant.
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A cartilage implant comprising:
- chondrocytes;
- and
- a three-dimensional matrix, the matrix containing randomly rewound α-helical monomers of type I collagen;
- wherein the chondrocytes are embedded in the matrix.
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