Patent ID: 7371567

Claim:
A bioreactor, particularly for bioartificial organs, comprising a closed and substantially tubular body inside which there is a containment cavity; an animal and/or human cell culture and support structure, accommodated in said cavity and suitable to be crossed by a fluid to be processed; a port for the inflow of said fluid to be processed, which is formed in said body upstream of said structure; a port for the outflow of the processed fluid, which is formed in said body downstream of said structure; a first chamber for collecting the fluid to be processed, which is formed in said cavity upstream of said structure and is connected to the outside of said body by means of said inflow port; a second chamber for collecting the processed fluid, which is formed in said cavity downstream of said structure and is connected to the outside of said body by means of said outflow port; comprising a first bundle of hollow capillary fibers for the inflow of said fluid to be processed, which is accommodated in said cavity and interposed between said first collection chamber and said structure, and a second bundle of hollow capillary fibers for the outflow of said processed fluid, which is accommodated in said cavity and is interposed between said structure and said second collection chamber, wherein open ends of the first and second bundles of hollow fibers are aimed at the first and second collection chambers, respectively; at least one inlet for the inoculation of said cells, which is formed in said body between said first bundle and said second bundle of fibers; at least one outlet for the evacuation of the inoculated cells that have not adhered to said structure formed in said body between said first bundle and said second bundle of fibers; and a chamber for the inflow of the inoculated cells that is formed in said cavity, between said structure and one of said first and second bundles of fibers, and is connected to the outside of said body through said inoculation inlet.