Method and composition for hypothermic storage of placental tissue
AssigneeNuTech Medical, Inc.
InventorsJeremy B. Vines, Katie C. Mowry, Howard P. Walthall, JR.
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Abstract
A tissue storage solution includes hypothermic storage compositions and methods. The hypothermic storage composition includes media containing Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) and albumin. A method of hypothermically storing tissue includes storing such tissue in a storage medium including DMEM and albumin. A method for wound or defect treatment includes applying tissue, stored in a hypothermic storage medium containing DMEM and albumin, to the site of such wound or defect.
Claims44
A tissue storage method comprising hypothermically storing a placental membrane in a solution including Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) and human plasma albumin.
The method according to 1, claim wherein the placental membrane exhibits a cell viability in a range between about 45% and 85% following one thousand hours of being hypothermically stored in the solution.
A tissue storage system comprising a placental membrane hypothermically stored within a container including a solution of DMEM and human plasma albumin.
A tissue comprising:
- a placental membrane exhibiting a ratio of live cells to dead cells greater than about 1.5 following two hundred forty hours of being hypothermically stored in a solution.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.