Patent ID: 6242247
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61L,C12N,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for producing in vitro cartilage tissue and an implant comprising cartilage tissue, comprising:a cell space for receiving cells and culture medium and having a predefined form, said cell space being limited by cell space walls having an inside and an outside surface, wherein said cell space walls are at least in part semi-permeable or have an open porosity suitable as a convection barrier, and wherein the inside surface of said cell space walls does not discourage cell attachment; anda means for positioning said cell space in a culture medium such that at least the semi-permeable or porous part of the cell space walls are immersed in said culture medium, and wherein at least one of said cell space walls is a bone substitute plate having a porosity of 300 to 700 .mu.m on a side facing away from the cell space.