Medical device and methods for living cell injection
OwnerHsing-Wen Sung, Hosheng Tuinventors
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Abstract
A novel method, using a thermoreversible MC/PBS/Collagen hydrogel coated on the TCPS dish, for harvesting a living cell sheet or spheroid with ECM. In one application, the obtained living cell sheet/spheroid is administered to a joint adapted for implantation and for cartilage regeneration. In another application, the living cell sheet/spheroid is administered, preferably via percutaneous injection, to an infarcted cardiac tissue as a novel therapy for treating myocardial infarction.
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A method of treating a target lesion in an animal, the method comprising administering stem cells or regenerative cells to said lesion, said cells being configured in at least one living cell bundle in vitro prior to the administering step.
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