Patent ID: 7738682

Claim:
A tissue engineered construct analytical imaging system for use in connection with at least one culture well having a tissue engineered construct therein and positionable in an enclosed environment, the system comprising: an imaging device positioned within the enclosed environment and configured to obtain three-dimensional image data reflective of at least a portion of the tissue engineered construct in a well area of interest in the at least one culture well, without the removal of at least one of the tissue engineered construct and the culture well from the enclosed environment; and a computer controller configured to at least one of (i) receive data from the imaging device; (ii) analyze the data for determining at least one of the following: matrix organization, matrix compaction, matrix contraction, or any combination thereof; and (iii) output data reflecting results of an analysis; wherein the tissue engineered construct is at least one of the following: a bioartificial cellular tissue construct, bioartificial tissue, and a bioartificial tendon.