SYNTHECON INC.

Company Overview

Synthecon was founded by a project manager and chief engineer of the NASA Life Sciences Division and Johnson space center joint project whose goal was to examine microgravity conditions during the non-orbit phase of the shuttle missions. With this background, NASA engineers developed a Rotating Wall Vessel (RWV). During ground validation studies, it was found that cells in RWV produced three dimensional spheroids and spontaneously aggregated into tissue-like forms. Co-founders of Synthecon obtained the license from NASA to use the technology (under the trademark Rotary Cell Culture System, or RCCS) for commercial purposes. The company’s products include:

• Bioreactors systems:
  • Stem cells lines: maintenance, expansion and differentiation.
  • Cancer modeling: tumor spheroid culture.
  • Tissue engineering, spheroid formation and culture.
  • Organoid culture.
  • Hollow organ culture.
  • Modeled microgravity. 

• Nanobiomatrix scaffold:
  • Nano-scale polymer fibers with similar size and structure as in native extracellular matrix.
  • Sheets, discs, well-plates, tubes.
  • Biostructure matrix scaffolds. The non-woven structure of fibers has provided a better surface than any biomedical textiles.

Company's Business Segments

• Products : RCCS 3D Cell Culture System, Stem Cell Culture Systems, Perfusion Biorectors
• Services : Custom-designed bioreactors, Technical Resources and Support