SutureCell™: Stem Cell Delivery Suture
Tendon, muscle and ligament repair surgeries are accompanied by poor tissue regeneration and long recovery times. To improve tissue regeneration and reduce injury recurrence, the team developed SutureCellTM, a surgical suture that serves as a textile scaffold for mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) delivery of pro-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory cytokines by the MSCs at the site of injury.
The corporate sponsor, Bioactive Surgical, developed the patent-pending concept for a new way to embed stem cells in sutures during the surgical process. The company then enlisted the student team to assemble and test a prototype to demonstrate that the concept was sound.
Sponsor
Undergraduate Student Design Team Members
- Matt Rubashkin
- Raghav Badrinath
- Stephanie D'Souza
- Steven Su
- David Attarzadeh
- Kristie Charoen
- Hayley Osen
- Frank Qin
- Avik Som
- Lawrence Wei
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