Abstract:
A filamentous graft has an elongate filament body including one or more intact segments of a decellularized collagenous tissue membrane. The graft can have a length of at least about 20 cm. The graft can be cut from a laminate of two or more decellularized collagenous tissue membranes. The graft can have a generally rectangular cross-section and can have substantially uniform dimensions and tensile strength along at least a substantial portion of its length. Methods for preparing and using filamentous grafts are also described.
Abstract:
Disclosed are methods for decellularizing an isolated organ, or a portion thereof, by mechanically agitating the isolated organ with a detergent-containing fluid that removes the cellular membrane surrounding the isolated organ, in the presence of a regulatable source of air to control the removal of detergent from the decellularized organ, while maintaining the extracellular matrix and scaffold. Also disclosed are methods for producing mesoparticle-infused acellular tissues for generation of mammalian organs and tissues suitable, inter alia , for human transplantation
Abstract:
A human amniotic fluid formulation has been developed for administration into a joint or associated soft tissue such as a tendon or ligament for treatment of pain, degeneration or injury. The formulation is a sterile de-cellularized human amniotic fluid (D-HAF), devoid of amniotic stemcells and elements of micronized membrane or chorion particles, which has not been heat treated or treated with ethidium bromide. The formulation is optionally diluted, or concentrated, depending on the severity of the disorder or injury. Examples demonstrate efficacy in treatment of pain, disease, disorder, degeneration or injury of a joint or associated soft.
Abstract:
Biocompatible biomimetic materials that exhibit desirable mechanical properties while also encouraging cell ingrowth and proliferation are described. The biomaterials include a multi-layer laminate of three or more decellularized aligned collagen tissues. The individual layers are aligned with one another in an angle-ply arrangement, with the collagen of each layer aligned at an angle to the collagen of the adjacent layer. The biomaterials are useful as collagenous graft materials such as a patch for a hernia in an annulus fibrosus or grafting materials for repair of tendons, ligaments, cartilage and other musculoskeletal tissues.
Abstract:
Compositions and methods using an engineered cardiac fibroblast-derived 3 -dimensional extracellular matrix (ECM) are disclosed. The ECM includes the structural proteins fibronectin, collagen type I, collagen type III, and elastin, and from 60% to 90% of the structural proteins present in the engineered extracellular matrix are fibronectin. The compositions, which can be used to treat cardiac disease or ischemic disease or injury, are injectable compositions, where the ECM is diced into small fragments or lyophilized into a powder. The disclosed methods include a method of treating ischemic disease or injury by contacting a cell free patch made from the ECM with the injured tissue, without the concomitant delivery of therapeutic cells, and a method of treating ischemic limb injury by contacting a patch, either by itself or seeded with therapeutic cells, with the injured limb tissue.
Abstract:
Provided herein is an isolated decelluarized amniotic membrane (DCM) and methods for using same therapeutically in vivo and in vitro . In one aspect, the isolated DCM is further processed, freezing, freeze drying, lyophilization micronized into powder or treatment with pepsin to create a hydrogel.
Abstract:
A device for mixing a bone material with a liquid is provided. The device comprises a chamber having a proximal end and a distal end, and the bone material disposed within the chamber, the bone material comprising a coherent mass of milled and lyophilized demineralized bone fibers; and a plunger having at least a portion slidably disposed within the proximal end of the chamber and configured to dispense the bone material mixed with liquid from the distal end of the chamber, when the plunger is in an extended position.
Abstract:
The present invention includes compositions and methods for wound healing and tissue regeneration. The compositions of the present invention comprise amniotic membrane powder. The compositions of the present invention comprise amniotic membrane powder and a scaffold. The methods of the present invention comprises applying a composition of the present invention to a subject to induce wound healing and tissue regeneration.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to implantable decellularized biphasic periodontal tissue grafts, methods for their manufacture, and use of such grafts for the treatment of periodontal defects, periodontal diseases and periodontal tissue regeneration; said decellularized biphasic periodontal tissue graft comprises: a first polymeric scaffold comprising a plurality of first polymer fibers, and a second polymeric scaffold comprising a plurality of second polymer fibers; wherein said first and second polymeric scaffolds are interconnected; said first polymer fibers are arranged such that said first polymeric scaffold has a porous structure with an average first pore size, and said second polymer fibers are arranged such that said second polymeric scaffold has a porous structure with an average second pore size; said first polymer fibers are coated with an osteoblast-derived extracellular matrix, and said second polymer fibers are coated with a periodontal ligament cell-derived extracellular matrix.
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for the production of bioprotein tubes and thereof, (e.g., for synthetic vasculature or food products).