Patent ID: 6328765
Filing Date: 2001-12-11
Classification: A61F,A61K,A61L

Abstract:
A method of generating desired living tissue having a desired configuration in a mammal, said method comprising:providing a tissue penetrable device free of tissue stimulatory molecular substances, said device comprising portions having a plurality of holes therethrough, wherein said holes are sufficiently large to permit cells and vascular structures to grow through said tissue penetrable device, said tissue penetrable device having mechanical properties that allow the device to be configured into a desired configuration and retained substantially in said desired configuration;establishing a space with said tissue penetrable device in a mammal in such a way that a boundary is at least partially formed by said tissue penetrable device between said space and anatomical structures of said mammal surrounding said space, wherein said space has essentially the same configuration as desired living tissue to be generated therein;placing at least one tissue stimulatory molecular substance in said space;allowing cells and blood vessels from said mammal to traverse said tissue penetrable device through said holes into said space; andgenerating said desired living tissue in said space.