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Title:
TEXTILE ENGINEERED PROSTHETICS, BIOREACTORS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING TEXTILE ENGINEERED PROSTHETICS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/149605
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A textile engineered prosthetic includes a continuous tube and at least one band of increased thickness formed over a portion of the continuous tube. The continuous tube includes a body portion and a bifurcated portion. The band of increased thickness forms a biomimetic surface. A bioreactor system includes a bioreactor container including a first compartment, a second compartment, a first membrane separating the first and second compartments, a third compartment, and a second membrane separating the second and third compartments. The bioreactor system also includes a woven textile prosthetic integrated with the bioreactor container in the second compartment to form a single bioreactor unit. A furcated textile article includes a continuous tube having a body portion and a furcated portion bifurcated N times from the body portion. The furcated textile article is a continuous woven piece formed from N shuttles of a shuttle loom, where N is at least two.

Inventors:
WHITING ERIC H (US)
WINNER SETH A (US)
HO EMILY Y (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2016/023102
Publication Date:
November 03, 2016
Filing Date:
March 18, 2016
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SECANT GROUP LLC (US)
International Classes:
D03D3/02; A61F2/04; A61F2/06; C12M1/00; C12M1/12; C12M3/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2005047466A22005-05-26
WO2007021919A12007-02-22
Foreign References:
US20050273155A12005-12-08
JP2002325780A2002-11-12
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US5258027A1993-11-02
US5605835A1997-02-25
US20060141607A12006-06-29
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LEPPO, Shawn K. et al. (100 Pine StreetP.O. Box 116, Harrisburg Pennsylvania, US)
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