Scaffold device
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1. An implantable, biocompatible scaffold device comprising a cavity-encasing wall surrounding a cavity and a radiopaque material.
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Abstract
A porous device to create a vascularized transplant site within a patient that improves the survivability of therapeutic cells contained therein. The device comprises a radiopaque material that allows its detection by radiographic techniques so as to allow implantation of therapeutic tissues after the device has been implanted.
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- 1. An implantable, biocompatible scaffold device comprising a cavity-encasing wall surrounding a cavity and a radiopaque material.
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4. The device of claim 4, wherein the wire is placed near the periphery of the device.
- 9. A method of treating a therapeutic condition comprising implanting a scaffold device into a mammal, allowing sufficient time for vasculature to grow into the device, and implanting therapeutic tissue into the device, wherein the scaffold device comprises a cavity-encasing wall surrounding a cavity and a radiopaque material and wherein the therapeutic tissue is implanted into the cavity.
- 15. A method of treating a therapeutic condition comprising implanting therapeutic tissue into a scaffold device and implanting the device into a mammal, wherein the scaffold device comprises a cavity-encasing wall surrounding a cavity and a radiopaque material and wherein the therapeutic tissue is implanted into the cavity.
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