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US 10,314,688 B2Granted
Tissue use for repair of injury
AssigneeArthrex, Inc.
InventorsDavid Shepard, Reinhold Schmeiding, Adam Anz, Steve Jordan, John Tokish
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Abstract
The present disclosure describes methods of treating an injury in a subject using placental tissue streamers, engineered tissue placental tissue hybrids, suture placental tissue hybrids, placental tissue patch hybrids, and tissue hybrids, and the use of these compositions to repair, treat, or support an injury or degenerative process in a subject.
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A method of anterior cruciate ligament repair comprising:
- a) wrapping amnion tissue around a tissue graft to form a wrapped graft;
- b) placing at least one cerclage stitch at either end of the amnion tissue and one running stitch at the end of the wrapped graft to form a water-tight compartment;
- c) inserting the wrapped graft into a knee joint;
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- d) adding platelet rich plasma or bone marrow concentrate to the water-tight compartment between the amnion tissue and the tissue graft.
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A method of ligament repair comprising:
- a) wrapping placental tissue around a tissue graft to form a wrapped graft;
- b) placing at least one stitch at either end of the placental tissue and one stitch at the end of the wrapped graft to form at least one water-tight compartment;
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- c) adding a biological agent to the at least one water-tight compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.