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BIOLOGICAL TISSUE GROWTH THROUGH INDUCED TENSILE STRESS

  • US 20080300681A1
  • Filed: 12/14/2007
  • Published: 12/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for promoting human tissue generation, comprising:

  • providing a tissue expansion device, said tissue expansion device being expandable between a deflated state and a progressively expanded state and wherein the progressively expanded state forms a convex shape having an interior region and wherein a tissue layer interfacing with the interior region experiences tensile stress promoting tissue growth;

    positioning the tissue expansion device in the deflated state over a region of desired tissue growth; and

    expanding the tissue expansion device progressively by injecting fluid into the tissue expansion device.

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