In vitro cornea equivalent model
CA 2127120 A1 · Owner: The President And Fellows Of Harvard College · Inventors: Olsen, Bjorn R.; Mason, Valerie S.; Parenteau, Nancy L.
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This invention is directed to an organ equivalent of the cornea part of the eye made using tissue culturing systems. The method of constructing the cornea equivalent results in a structure analogous to the eye cornea in vivo. The cornea equivalent is an in vitro model of the eye, which can be used for transplantation or implantation in vivo or for screening compounds in vitro).
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- Filed November 15, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 15, 2013.
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