Use of autologous dermal fibroblasts for the repair of skin and soft tissue defects
AssigneeIsolagen Technologies, Inc.
InventorWilliam K. Boss, Jr.
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Abstract
The application concerns a method of repairing subcutaneous or dermal tissue in a subject. The method involves the preparation of cultured dermal fibroblasts from a specimen obtained from the subject and the injection of the fibroblast preparation, substantially free of immunogenic proteins, to repair the subcutaneous or dermal tissue. The method is applicable to the repair of rhytids, stretch marks, depressed scars, and non-traumatic cutaneous depressions as well as to the cosmetic augmentation of the lips.
Claims5
A method for the long-term augmentation of subcutaneous or dermal tissue in a human subject which comprises:
- a) providing a suspension of autologous, passaged dermal fibroblasts, substantially free of immunogenic proteins;
- b) identifying a defect that is susceptible to amelioration by augmentation of the subadjacent subcutaneous or dermal tissue;
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- c) injecting an effective volume of the suspension into the subadjacent tissue so that the tissue is augmented.
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