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US 5,686,303 AGranted
Method of growing vertebrate skin in vitro
OwnerJoshua Kormaninventor
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Abstract
A method of growing complete vertebrate skin in vitro, which comprises obtaining a segment of vertebrate skin, positioning the skin segment in an artificial cell-growth medium containing sufficient nutrients to maintain growth of cells of the skin, and subjecting the skin segment to stretching forces while the skin segment is in the medium. Skin produced by the method and an apparatus for carrying out the method are also part of the present invention.
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A method of growing complete vertebrate skin in vitro, which comprises:
- obtaining a detached segment of vertebrate skin comprising an epidermal layer and a dermal layer and having a first surface area;
- positioning said skin segment in an artificial cell-growth medium containing sufficient nutrients to maintain growth of cells of said skin;
- subjecting said skin segment to stretching forces while said skin segment is in said medium;
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- collecting said skin after said skin has grown to have an expanded surface area greater than said first surface area and to have dermal and epidermal layers over said expanded surface area.
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