Since defective cartilage-tissue possessed an insufficient self-repairing
capability, the tissue engineering method (artificial production of
biological tissues) is applied. Within the scope of a project that is
fostered by the German Research Association (DFG) extensive research
has been undertaken into biologically degradable and deformation resistant
flock-scaffolds based on Chitosan in co-operation with medical
scientists of the Dresden university medical centre. The threedimensional
carrier structures enable the absorption of body’s own stem
cells thus supporting the regeneration of defective cartilage-tissue.