Creation of the Basic Technologies for 'In Factory Tissue Engineering'

Many sequential processes are needed for manufacturing highly composite biological tissues which have micro-scaled and complicated structures. In this study, the concept of 'In factory tissue engineering' was proposed, in which the tissues are produced through many processes where special manufacturing machines fabricate, assembly and process the biological products with cells, biomaterials and several tissue parts. Based on this concept, three major technologies were focused and developed; 1) manufacturing of tissue parts and tissue engineering materials, 2) assembly methods of tissue parts, 3) culture and control method for tissue formation.