A fluid-powered refillable origami heart pouch for minimally invasive delivery of cell therapies in rats and pigs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cardiac repair after heart injury remains a big challenge and current drug delivery to the heart is suboptimal. Repeated dosing of therapeutics is difficult due to the invasive nature of such procedures.

Methods

We developed a fluid-driven heart pouch with a memory-shaped microfabricated lattice structure inspired by origami. The origami structure allowed minimally invasive delivery of the pouch to the heart with two small incisions and can be refilled multiple times with the therapeutic of choice.

Findings

We tested the pouch's ability to deliver mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a rodent model of acute myocardial infarction and demonstrated the feasibility of minimally invasive delivery in a swine model. The pouch's semi-permeable membrane successfully pro

SUBMITTER: Mei X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8612456 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature