Patent ID: 11959060
Assignee: HUMACYTE, INC.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C | IPC C

Claim 27:
28. A system for cultivating hollow, tubular tissues, comprising
a plurality of bioreactors arranged within at least one drawer, each bioreactor comprising a luminal space and an extra-luminal space, the luminal space comprising a hollow mandrel tube having a lumen, the hollow mandrel tube extending from a first end of the bioreactor to a second end of the bioreactor; and
a fluid management system comprising
at least one fluid reservoir, and
one or more fluid communication tubes configured to deliver, for each bioreactor within the at least one drawer, fluid from the at least one fluid reservoir
to the lumen of the hollow mandrel tube via a first inlet at the first end of the bioreactor, the first inlet in fluid communication with the lumen, and
to the extra-luminal space via a second inlet at the first end of the bioreactor, the second inlet in fluid communication with the extra-luminal space.