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US 5,989,269 AGranted
Method, instruments and kit for autologous transplantation
AssigneeVTS Holdings Limited
InventorsHenrik Vibe-Hansen, Charlotte Lundsgaard, Kurt B. Osther, Ahmed Idouraine
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Abstract
Method for the effective transplantation of chondrocytes/cartilage to an articular joint surface defect is taught, as well as a description of certain instruments and kit for practicing the invention.
Claims6
A method for the effective treatment of articulating joint surface cartilage by the transplantation of chondrocytes in a suitable matrix, to a surface to be treated at a graft site with a hemostatic barrier and a covering-patch comprising:
- first sculpting the graft site such that the walls of the graft site are non-linear and undulating, placing a hemostatic barrier proximal to the surface to be treated within the sculpted graft site, placing chondrocytes in a suitable matrix within the graft site upon the hemostatic barrier, covering the surface to be treated with a covering-patch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.