TISSUE REGENERATION BY ENDOCULTIVATION

摘要

A method for tissue regeneration for a patient includes the steps of providing a scaffold for the replacement tissue and coating and/or inoculating the scaffold with cells and/or growth/differentiating/morphogenetic factors(cytokines) capable of forming or inducing formation of the replacement tissue. The scaffold is implanted into fat or muscle tissue in a host and the scaffold, replacement tissue and a portion of the blood supply of the replacement tissue is harvested when sufficient tissue formation and angiogenesis of the replacement tissue has occurred. The scaffold, replacement tissue and blood supply is transplanted or translocated to a site where the replacement tissue is required and at least part of a blood supply of the replacement tissue is reconnected to a blood vessel at the site.