Abstract: A tissue culture chamber is disclosed. The chamber is a casing that provides for growth of three-dimensional tissue, and more specifically for the growth of skin tissue, that can be grown, preserved in frozen form, and shipped to the end user in the same aseptic container. The tissue culture chamber includes a casing comprising a substrate within the casing designed to facilitate three-dimensional tissue growth on the surface of the substrate. The casing includes an inlet and an outlet port which assist the inflow and outflow of media. The casing also includes at least one flow distributor. In one embodiment, the flow distributor is a baffle, which is used to distribute the flow of the media within the chamber to create a continuous, uniform piece of three-dimensional tissue. In a second embodiment, the flow distributor is a combination of deflector plates, distribution channels, and a flow channel.

Abstract: An apparatus for the large scale culturing and packaging of cell suspensions, three dimensional tissue, and other biological systems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of flexible or semi-flexible treatment chambers comprising one or more individual culture pockets, a plurality of rigid spacers, an inlet fluid manifold, an outlet fluid manifold, a fluid reservoir, and a means for transporting fluid within the system. During treatment, liquid media is transported from the fluid reservoir to the inlet manifold, which will in turn evenly distribute the media to each of the connected treatment chambers and internal culture pockets. An outlet fluid manifold is also provided to ensure that each treatment chamber is evenly filled and to ensure that any air bubbles formed during treatment are removed from the treatment chambers. The treatment chambers are flexible or semi-flexible so as to provide for easy end-user handling during rinsing and application of the cultured transplants.