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3D Shape Memory Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Over 120,000 patients are currently waiting for lifesaving organ and tissue transplants. Tissue engineering has the potential to innovate transplant and minimally invasive surgery by creating tissue substitutes from biopolymers with human stem cells. GW researchers developed a plant oil infused biopolymer with unique characteristics that are highly...
Published: 1/7/2022   |   Updated: 11/4/2021   |   Inventor(s): Shida Miao, Wei Zhu, Nathan Castro, Lijie Zhang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Industrial or Consumer Tech > Materials, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics > Cells, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics > Small Molecules
Combining Dual 3D Bioprinting and Regional Bioactive Factors to Make Vascularized Bone Construct
­GW researchers generated a vascularized and highly osteogenic bone construct with a biphasic structure using a multiple 3D printing platform. Traditional tissue engineering techniques face major obstacles in creating multiple tissue structures and vascularization of tissues. 3D bioprinting allows for control over the location of cells and biomaterials;...
Published: 1/7/2022   |   Updated: 10/26/2021   |   Inventor(s): Haitao Cui, Wei Zhu, Lijie Zhang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Regenerative Medicine
3D printed vascularized tissue scaffold with extracellular matrix triggered growth factor release
­Vas-Scaf” is a 3D bio-printed vascularized bone scaffold perfused with osteogenic and angiogenic growth factors. Artificial bone grafts lacking vascularization fail due to poor integration of new tissues with the host and death of interior bone tissues. Bone and blood vessel tissues require different support structures and different biochemical...
Published: 1/7/2022   |   Updated: 10/14/2021   |   Inventor(s): Haitao Cui, Wei Zhu, Benjamin Holmes, Lijie Zhang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Therapeutics, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics > Nanoparticles, Technology Classifications > Industrial or Consumer Tech > Materials
3D Printing Blood Vessels Without Sacrificial Templates
Using novel bioactive ink for 3D printing, GW researchers create multi-layered vasculature. Large-scale artificial tissue implants for defect reconstruction require vascularization to avoid interior necrosis, but blood vessel printing remains challenging. Current 3D bioprinting methods for creating vasculature mainly utilize sacrificial templates to...
Published: 1/7/2022   |   Updated: 10/14/2021   |   Inventor(s): Haitao Cui, Lijie Zhang, Wei Zhu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Medical Devices > Regenerative Medicine, Technology Classifications > Industrial or Consumer Tech > Materials, Technology Classifications > Therapeutics > Cells