Automated production of cultured epidermal autografts and sub-confluent epidermal autografts in a computer controlled bioreactor

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-683

  Prenosil, J E ^a   Villeneuve, P E ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ancea AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioreactor; Cultured epidermal autografts; Keratinocyte cultures; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; COMPUTER CONTROL; GRAFTS; PLASTIC FILMS;

AUTOGRAFTS;

TISSUE CULTURE;

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOMATION; BIOREACTOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; EPIDERMIS CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; PH MEASUREMENT; SKIN GRAFT;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KERATINOCYTES; KINETICS; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032552489     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980920)59:6<679::AID-BIT4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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