APPARATUS FOR TISSUE EXPANSION USING PULSATILE MOTION

摘要

An apparatus for increasing the rate of expansion of tissue area and volume, either in vivo or in vitro, which comprises a tissue expansion device suitab le for expansion of tissue and a controller connected to the device, wherein th e controller causes the device to subject the tissue to stretching forces that alternatively increase and decrease to provide a series of stretch and relax phases during a period of tissue expansion without intervention of an operat or.