Tissue engineering scaffolds includ meshes, woven structures, non-woven structures, knitted structures, three dimensional woven structures, sponges and foams. The scaffolds are typically made of materials that are bio compatible, biodegradable materials. These materials readily break down into small segments when exposed to moist body tissue. The segments then either are absorbed by the body, or are passed by the body. More particularly, the biodegraded segments do not elicit permanent chronic foreign body reaction, and no permanent trace or residual of the segment is retained by the body. Ideally, the biodegradable tissue scaffolds degrade at approximately the same rate as the body synthesizes new tissue to repair the wound or defect.
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