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  • Fabrication of living blood vessels and glandular tissues
    Patent number: 4539716
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing a vessel-equivalent prosthesis is described. A contractile agent such as fibroblast cells, smooth muscle cells or platelets is incorporated into a collagen lattice and contracts the lattice axially around an inner core. After the structure has set, additional layers may be formed in an ordered manner depending on the intended function of the prosthesis. Capillary beds, blood vessels and glandular structures may be formed by this process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1985
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Eugene Bell