The invention provides a 
porous scaffold for 
tissue engineering which allows easy 
cell engraftment and 
cell culture and thus enables stable organization and an artificial 
blood vessel which exhibits high patency rate even if the inner 
diameter is small. The 
scaffold for 
tissue engineering is made of 
thermoplastic resin which forms a porous three-dimensional 
network structure having communication property, wherein the porous three-dimensional 
network structure has an average 
pore diameter of from 100 to 650 μm and an 
apparent density of from 0.01 to 0.5 g / cm3. The artificial 
blood vessel is composed of this 
scaffold. The invention provides a 
cuff which allows easy infiltration of cells from living subcutaneous tissues, easy engraftment of cells, and 
neovascularization of 
capillary vessels so as to obtain robust bonding with subcutaneous tissues and, as a result, ensures separation of a wounded portion from the outside, thereby blocking 
exacerbation factors such as bacterial infection on healing and inhibiting progression of downgrowth. That is, the invention provides a 
cuff with none or little infection trouble such as tunnel infection. The 
cuff comprises a porous three-dimensional 
network structure which is made of 
thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin and has communication property, wherein the porous three-dimensional network structure has an average 
pore diameter of from 100 to 1000 μm and 
apparent density of from 0.01 to 0.5 g / cm3. The invention provides a biological 
implant covering member which allows easy infiltration of cells from living subcutaneous tissues, easy engraftment of cells, and organization, thereby obtaining robust bonding with native tissues and therefore protecting a 
living body from 
adverse effect which may occur due to the 
insertion of a biological implantation member into the 
living body. The biological 
implant covering member comprises a porous three-dimensional network structure which is made of 
thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin and has communication property, wherein the porous three-dimensional network structure has an average 
pore diameter of from 100 to 1000 μm and 
apparent density of from 0.01 to 0.5 g / cm3.