23 Jul BIOLOGICALLY DERIVED COMPOSITE TISSUE ENGINEERING
Abstract
The present application is directed to engineering of tissues, especially composite tissues such as a joint. Various aspects of the application provide tissue modules and methods of fabrication and use thereof. Some embodiments provide a tissue module that can be fabricated to be substantially similar in anatomic internal and external shape as a target tissue. Some embodiments provide a composite tissue module having a plurality of layers, each of which simulate a different tissue (e.g., bone and cartilage of a joint).
Year: 2011
Country: US
Doc No: 2011202142