A supported lattice is disclosed having a support substrate formed of a plurality
of resilient filamentary members braided together to yield a coarse mesh having
relatively large interstices and a cell cultivation lattice formed of a plurality
of flexible filamentary members braided together and with the resilient filamentary
members to form a fine mesh having small interstices. The cell cultivation lattice
provides a bed adapted for growing cells in a two-dimensional array across the
large interstices of the support substrate to form a continuous surface of living
tissue useful to form a graft.