Organovo’s 3D bioprinter will build organs from your own cells
Invetech provides Organaovo, its technology development partner, with the world’s first commercial model 3D bioprinter, which for now can very easily fabricate basic body tissues like blood vessels. Organaovo hereafter plans to supply the developed 3D bioprinters to institutes and research centers associated with tissue regeneration and organ replacement, whereby, with some fine tuning the 3D bioprinters would be able to print body organs cell-by-cell, just as easily as 3D printers print maps.
The processes of developing organs from a person’s own body cells sound just as interesting as it was in the sci-fi movies, but the entire process is a long way off still. It’s only by year 2010-2011 that Invetech will deliver the production models of the bioprinting device to Organovo. But the initiative for sure is a bold stride in the direction to make it a reality.
The extremely reliable and simple to use 3D bioprinters by Organovo are far better than other such bioprinters which many other companies have tried to create. The basic difference is that there is an intuitive software interface herein, which allows the tissue engineers to simulate their construction of tissues before the 3D bioprinter is commanded to physical construct the organs cell-by-cell employing what are the automated laser-calibrated print heads.
