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Biomimetic vascular network and devices using the same

  • US 8,591,597 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2010
  • Issued: 11/26/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An artificial vascular layer comprising:

  • a substrate defining a network of channels arranged in a radial pattern having at least one central output channel, a plurality of radially outward input channels, and a plurality of intermediate channels connecting the input channels and the at least one output channel, each channel having a height, a length, a width, and a diameter, wherein the intermediate channels undergo multiple branching and rejoining to form hexagonal areas intermediate to the intermediate channels,the intermediate channels being formed by varying said height and width with respect to adjacent portions of the channels and the length of a smallest of the intermediate channels is formed based on the respective diameter whereby said smallest intermediate channel has a biomimetic length.

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