Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
230 words
A regeneration chamber for promoting and controlling the growth of nerve tissues, comprising: a chamber enclosing and defining a volume in which nerve tissues are to be grown, at least one input port for injecting at least one agent for promoting and controlling the growth of the nerve tissues into the chamber, and at least one output port for removing the at least one agent and nerve tissue growth byproducts from the chamber, the at least one input port and the chamber having at least one input passage there between for the flow of the at least one agent from the at least one input port into the chamber, and the at least one output port and the chamber having at least one output passage there between for the flow of the at least one agent and the nerve tissue growth byproducts from the chamber into the at least output port, wherein the at least one input port and the at least one output port are operative during the growth of the nerve tissue for the flow of the at least one agent from the at least one input port into the chamber and the flow of the at least one agent and the nerve tissue growth byproducts from the chamber and into the at least one output port at any selectable time during the growth of the nerve tissue.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
230 words
A regeneration chamber for promoting and controlling the growth of nerve tissues, comprising: a chamber enclosing and defining a volume in which nerve tissues are to be grown, at least one input port for injecting at least one agent for promoting and controlling the growth of the nerve tissues into the chamber, and at least one output port for removing the at least one agent and nerve tissue growth byproducts from the chamber, the at least one input port and the chamber having at least one input passage there between for the flow of the at least one agent from the at least one input port into the chamber, and the at least one output port and the chamber having at least one output passage there between for the flow of the at least one agent and the nerve tissue growth byproducts from the chamber into the at least output port, wherein the at least one input port and the at least one output port are operative during the growth of the nerve tissue for the flow of the at least one agent from the at least one input port into the chamber and the flow of the at least one agent and the nerve tissue growth byproducts from the chamber and into the at least one output port at any selectable time during the growth of the nerve tissue.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The regeneration chamber of claim 1, further including a plurality of input ports.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The regeneration chamber of claim 1, further including a plurality of output ports.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The regeneration chamber of claim 1 wherein the chamber further comprises a plurality of chamber internal structures, the chamber internal structures comprise one or more surface matrices of agents disposed within the chamber.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
105 words
The generation chamber of claim 1 wherein the the at least one agent is selected from the group of agents including embryonic tissue cells, fluid from embryonic tissue cells, Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), collagen, laminin, and fibronectin, target derived neuronotropic factors, Schwann cells, glial cells, dorsal root ganglia cells, neural crest cells, ciliary neuronotropic factor (CNTF), motor nerve growth factor (MNGF), neural cell adhesion molecules (N-CAM), N-Cadherin, fibrin, estrogen, testosterone, thyroid hormone, corticotropin, and insulin, catalase, acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), forskolin, glia-derived protease inhibitor (GdNPF), ganglioside GM-1, insulin-like growth factor, isaxonine, leupeptin, muscle basal lamina pyronin, and Hyaluronic Acid.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The generation chamber of claim 1 wherein the nerve tisues are the tissues of peripheral nerves.