Tendon or ligament tissue engineering
AssigneeMayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
InventorsChunfeng Zhao, Yu-long Sun, Steven L. Moran, Kai-Nan An, Peter C. Amadio
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Abstract
This document relates to methods and materials involved in tendon or ligament tissue engineering. For example, methods and materials for generating a composite of acellular tendon or ligament allograft slices seeded with cells and bundled into a graft for tissue repair are provided.
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A composition comprising multiple layers of decellularized tendon or ligament portions, wherein said portions were obtained from a mammal, wherein each layer of said multiple layers is between 200 μm and 500 μm thick, and wherein said composition is further seeded with a plurality of cells.
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