CPC A61L 27/3691 (2013.01) [A61L 27/36 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 2300/414 (2013.01); A61L 2300/426 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method, comprising:
placing a carrier liquid into a pressure vessel;
introducing tissue into the carrier liquid;
pressurizing the carrier liquid and the tissue within the pressure vessel to a critical pressure;
selectively controlling a temperature within the pressure vessel so as to preserve biological components of the tissue during a boiled liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) process; and
depressurizing the pressure vessel to trigger the BLEVE process to produce a fibrillated tissue matrix and a vaporized fluid comprising at least a portion of the biological components.
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