Phillips, James and Brown, R.A.
(2004).
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Abstract
The present invention relates to artificial tissue growth guides comprising a core and an outer sleeve, which facilitates the regeneration of damaged tissues, such as nerves. The core is fixed to the sleeve at two attachment sites so that cells seeded within the core produce mechanical tension between the attachment sites. This tension aligns the cells and the fibres of the core and provides an improved substrate for tissue regeneration. Growth guides may be surgically implanted into an individual.
| Item Type: | Patent |
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| Academic Unit/Department: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Biomedical Research Network (BRN) |
| Item ID: | 3863 |
| Depositing User: | James Phillips |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Aug 2016 12:56 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3863 |
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