Second Generation Closed Seeding System for the Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft

A team of physicians at Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a process to improve the acceptance of implanted vascular grafts. This Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft (TEVG) is patient-specific. It seeds patient cells onto a biodegradable tubilar scaffold, which is designed to dissolve with hydrolysis so that only the growing vessel remains. This system, the Closed Seeding System, combines patient imaging data, 3D-printing capabilities, and efficient collection and subsequent seeding of patient cells onto the TEVG scaffolding.

Patents

Patent # Title Country
6957468 Systems and Methods for Optimized Patient Specific Tissue Engineering Vascular Grafts Japan
6957468 Systems and Methods for Optimized Patient Specific Tissue Engineering Vascular Grafts Japan
11,541,149 Systems and Methods for Optimized Patient Specific Tissue Engineering Vascular Grafts United States of America
11,541,149 Systems and Methods for Optimized Patient Specific Tissue Engineering Vascular Grafts United States of America

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