In vitro cultured ligament tissue and method of making same
CA 2285161 A1 · Owner: Kandel, Rita · Inventors: King, Lindsay; Kandel, Rita
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An implantable tendon-like or ligament-like tissue construct involving the creation of a, tissue from a composite of a donor or source scaffold derived from allograft autograft or, xenograft of collagen fibers and directly seeded ligament or tendon fibroblasts. The fibroblasts, are host derived expanded in vitro, and are seeded directly on the scaffold. Following initial, seeding, secondary collagen seeding is performed around the scaffold which , allows the delivery, of high numbers of fibroblasts and sufficient collagen for these cells to rapidly produce a, ligament or tendon-like tissue material in vitro. The construct is cultured in vitro for a sufficient, period of time to allow …
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