Osteon templates for bone tissue engineering
An osteon template for tissue engineering comprising; a first plurality of vasculogenic filaments 11 comprising a first hydrogel and vessel-forming cells, and a second plurality of osteogenic filaments 12 comprising a second hydrogel and bone-forming cells; wherein the first plurality of vasculogeni...
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Zusammenfassung: | An osteon template for tissue engineering comprising; a first plurality of vasculogenic filaments 11 comprising a first hydrogel and vessel-forming cells, and a second plurality of osteogenic filaments 12 comprising a second hydrogel and bone-forming cells; wherein the first plurality of vasculogenic filaments 11 is arranged alternately with the second plurality of osteogenic filaments 12 in a concentric arrangement 10. Preferably the osteon template further comprises a central void 13 at the centre of the concentric arrangement 10, and there may be at least one radial channel 14 emanating from the centre 15 of the concentric arrangement 10 to interrupt the first 11 and second 12 pluralities of filaments. In one embodiment the concentric arrangement 10 forms a first filament layer, wherein one or more further filament layers 10 are stacked to form a three-dimensional osteon template (110, fig. 5). The osteon template is made using additive manufacturing. |
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