Method, instruments, and kit for autologous transplantation
AssigneeVerigen Transplantation Service International (VTSI) AG
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.
Claims21
A patch for cartilage repair comprising a resorbable cell-free membrane having a porous surface, and chondrocyte cells adhered to said porous surface of said membrane for use as both a hemostatic barrier and as a patch covering a cartilage defect.
A patch for cartilage repair comprising a resorbable cell-free membrane having a porous surface, and chondrocyte cells adhered to the porous surface of the membrane, the patch being configured for covering a cartilage defect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.