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.