Patent ID: 11898132
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  A | IPC C

Claim 0:
1. A bioreactor for forming a complex three-dimensional tissue construct, comprising:
a first substrate for culturing a first cell source;
a second substrate for culturing a second cell source, wherein the first substrate and the second substrate comprise two walls of a culture chamber; and
at least one flexible or rigid post in the culture chamber that at least partially extends between the first substrate and the second substrate so that a first tissue construct of the first cell source cultured on the first substrate or a second tissue construct of the second cell source cultured on the second substrate can be translated via the flexible or rigid post to form the complex three-dimensional tissue construct having the second tissue construct of the second cell source cultured with the first tissue construct of the first cell source.