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[[ | [[Image:organprinting.png|frame|thumb|right|310x450px|How to print an organ [6]]]The use of 'printing' to manufacture organs. It makes use of a modified desktop inkjet printer, but instead of using ink, cells are placed in the cartridges. The printer has a 3D elevator that goes down one layer at a time each time the printhead goes through. After about 45 minutes the newly printed, whole organ is made. The organ can then be taken and implanted. | ||
== The Artificial Bladder == | == The Artificial Bladder == | ||
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==='''The Creation of An Artificial Bladder'''=== | ==='''The Creation of An Artificial Bladder'''=== | ||
[[ | [[Image:bladdergrowing.jpg|frame|thumb|left|400px|Step-by-Step Method [3]]] A very small piece of the bladder is cut off from the patient usually smaller than the size of a postage stamp. It is very important that the biopsied bladder piece be free from disease. A biodegradable scaffold is molded in the shape of a bladder, this is after a CT scan has been performed on the patient to check the precise dimensions. The cells obtained from the bladder piece are grown outside the body for 7 to 10 days. These cells are urothelial cells. After that are seeded or 'painted' onto the scaffold. This is now put into and oven like device at body temperature and 95% oxygen for about 6 weeks. After this time the organ is ready to be implanted into the patient. | ||
[[ | [[Image:bladder.jpg|frame|thumb|left|400px|The Artificial Bladder [2]]] | ||
== Importance of the Artificial Bladder == | == Importance of the Artificial Bladder == | ||
