Abstract:
This invention provides porated cartilage products and methods of producing porated cartilage products. Optionally, the cartilage products are sized, porated, and digested to provide a flexible cartilage product. Optionally, the cartilage products comprise viable chondrocytes, bioactive factors such as chondrogenic factors, and a collagen type II matrix. Optionally, the cartilage products are non-immunogenic.
Abstract:
본 발명은 이식을 위한 효과적인 연골세포 증식(확장) 방법 및 이를 이용한이식용 조성물에 관한 것으로, 보다 구체적으로는 콜라게네이즈를 처리한 연골절편을 신선 동결된 반월상 연골내 삽입하여 이식하거나 배양하여 이식하면 중심부 및 주변부에서 효과적으로 연골세포가 증식하므로, 연골 이식을 요하는 연골 질환 치료에 매우 유용하다.
Abstract:
The present invention overcomes the problems of conventional mechanical endoprostheses and the drawbacks of current methods of cartilage replacement by making provisions for the production of a complete biological joint replacement. In order to produce a biological joint replacement having hyaline cartilage, which can cope with heavy loads, devices are used for the shaping, the promotion of diffusion and in particular the compression of the joint replacement that is to be produced, i.e. a compression with alternating pressures and eventually a sliding movement of the walker on the surface of the joint replacement. The invention also relates to substances and methods for promoting the formation of hyaline cartilage tissue. The biological joint replacement is currently preferably suited for implantation in the shoulder and the hip, but can also be applied to other joints by using multi-dimensional milling techniques.
Abstract:
Methods, mixtures, and kits related to treating tissue are provided. The methods, mixtures, and kits can include an acellular tissue matrix, a polymer, and a solvent and may be capable of producing tissue scaffolds. The tissue scaffolds may be able to form a stable, three-dimensional shape in situ and elicit a limited immunologic or inflammatory response.
Abstract:
Mixtures, such as gels or pastes, comprising freeze-milled cartilage particles and exogenous growth factors are used for repairing chondral defects. Such mixtures may be applied to constructs comprising cancellous bone for implantation at the defect site. Suitable growth factors include variants of FGF-2, particularly variants that include a sole amino acid substitution for asparagine at amino acid 111 of the ß8-ß9 loop of the FGF-2 peptide. Such FGF-2 variants are released slowly and continuously at a constant rate from cartilage pastes. In other embodiments, the amino acid substituted for asparigine is glycine. Other variants that may be used include FGF-9 variants having truncated chains and a sole amino acid substitution in the ß8-ß9 loop of the FGF-9 peptide either for tryptophan at amino acid 144 or for asparagine at amino acid 143.
Abstract:
A cartilage prosthesis is made according to a method that includes the steps of collecting animal material from a bovine, ovine or porcine source, the animal material being a cartilage, shaping the animal material to provide a desired shape for the cartilage implant, removing cells from the animal material, crosslinking the animal material, removing antigens from the animal material, subjecting the animal material to an alkaline treatment, coupling into the animal material active substances which are capable of adhering growth factor and stem cell, and packing the animal material in a container that contains a sterilization solution.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a therapeutic composition, a method for producing a therapeutic composition, and the use of a cell-free substance, especially a cell-free bone or cartilage matrix. The disclosed therapeutic composition comprises at least a cell-free substance obtained from stimulated stem cells and/or precursor cells. Immunogenic reactions during in vivo therapeutic use are prevented by the fact that the therapeutic composition is free from cells and contains no typically antigenic cell components. The disclosed composition can therefore be universally used for therapeutic purposes regardless of the origin of the stem cells and/or precursor cells and utilize the natural regenerative potency thereof in a highly efficient manner for replacing tissue, e.g. for a suitable bone and/or cartilage structure.
Abstract:
For the repair of a cartilage defect in a human or animal patient, e.g. a full thickness articular cartilage defect, use is made of an implant (1) comprising an implant body (2) including a natural cartilage matrix and being coated with cells having a chondrogenic potential, preferably autologous cells. Preferably, the implant body consists of autologous cartilage tissue with viable chondrocytes integrated therein which cartilage tissue is produced by in vitro tissue culturing. Preferably, the cells for producing the cartilage tissue and for coating the implant body surfaces are the same. These cells are produced by in vitro cell proliferation starting from chondrocytes isolated from a cartilage biopsy. The chondrocytes which are de-differentiated during cell proliferation are re-differentiated during tissue culturing and are in particular suitable for producing and maintaining the cartilage matrix of the implant body. The cells adhering to the surface of the implant body are preferably also chondrocytes being de-differentiated by cell proliferation, but not re-differentiated, and are therefore particularly suitable for integrating the implant in the defect. Due to the cells adhering to the surface of the implant body, the implant is successfully integrated in the viable tissue surrounding the defect.
Abstract:
The invention is directed toward a sterile cartilage defect implant material comprising milled lyophilized allograft cartilage pieces ranging from 0.01 mm to 1.0 mm in size in a bioabsorbable carrier taken from a group consisting of sodium hyaluronic acid and its derivatives, gelatin, collagen, chitosan, alginate, buffered PBS, Dextran or mixed polymers with allograft chondrocytes added in an amount ranging from 2.5 x 10 5 to 2.5 x 10 7 .
Abstract:
The present invention provides adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs), adipose-derived stem cell-enriched fractions (ADSC-EF) and adipose-derived lattices, alone and combined with the ADSCs of the invention. In one aspect, the present invention provides an ADSC substantially free of adipocytes and red blood cells and clonal populations of connective tissue stem cells. The ADSCs can be employed, alone or within biologically-compatible compositions, to generate differentiated tissues and structures, both in vivo and in vitro. Additionally, the ADSCs can be expanded and cultured to produce molecules such as hormones, and to provide conditioned culture media for supporting the growth and expansion of other cell populations. In another aspect, the present invention provides a adipose-derived lattice substantially devoid of cells, which includes extracellular matrix material from adipose tissue. The lattice can be used as a substrate to facilitate the growth and differentiation of cells, whether in vivo or in vitro, into anlagen or even mature tissues or structures.