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US 2006/0141620 A1Published application
System and method for forming a cardiac tissue construct
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of Michigan
InventorsDavid Brown, Ravi Birla, Robert Dennis, Gregory Borschel
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Abstract
A system and method for forming a cardiac tissue construct includes a chamber and cardiac myocytes provided within the chamber. The chamber is arranged to at least partially surround an intact blood vessel in vivo to facilitate formation of the three-dimensional cardiac tissue construct within the chamber.
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A system for forming a cardiac tissue construct, comprising:
- a chamber;
- and
- cardiac myocytes provided within the chamber,
- wherein the chamber is arranged to at least partially surround an intact blood vessel in vivo to facilitate formation of the three-dimensional cardiac tissue construct within the chamber.
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A method of forming a cardiac tissue construct, comprising:
- providing a chamber;
- placing cardiac myocytes within the chamber, the chamber arranged to at least partially surround an intact blood vessel in vivo to allow formation of the three-dimensional cardiac tissue construct within the chamber.
A cardiac tissue construct, comprising:
- cardiac myocytes provided within a chamber which is incubated in vivo at least partially surrounding an intact blood vessel in order to form the three-dimensional cardiac tissue construct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.