| abstract |
The invention relates to a method and a device for producing tissue in a growth chamber for transplantation into or onto a human or animal body. The invention can be used particularly advantageously for the cultivation of structured functional bones. Biological cells are applied to a growth framework and both are arranged in a growth chamber. The structured and functional cultivation is achieved by allowing biologically active stimuli, for example mechanical, electrical, magnetic, chemical, olfactory, acoustic and/or optical stimuli, to act in a specified manner, in particular at different times or in different locations or in different ways. It has been found that the action of stimuli which correspond to those to which corresponding natural tissue in the body is naturally exposed is the most suitable. |