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US 6,602,294 B1Granted
Implantable substrates for the healing and protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage
AssigneeTransTissue Technologies GmbH
InventorsMichael Sittinger, Olaf Schultz, Gerd-Rudiger Burmester
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Abstract
Implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage, comprising at least one composition for the activation of locally present cells for tissue regeneration and at least one structure for cell invasion in vivo and/or for the formation of cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the employed composition.
Claims5
An implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of a connecting tissue, comprising:
- a composition comprising the biologically active factors (i), (ii), and (iii), wherein
- (i) is a growth and differentiating factor,
- (ii) is a chemotactic factor, and
- (iii) is a cellular adhesion molecule;
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- at least one structure for cell invasion in vivo and/or for the formation of cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the employed composition, wherein said structure comprises at least one constituent (a) to (f):
- (a) a hydrogel,
- (b) a compound selected from the group consisting of sponges, collagen sponges,
- (c) a compound selected from the group consisting of wool, a cotton wool-like structure, wool made of polysaccharides, cellulose wool, and cellulose cotton wool,
- (d) a compound selected from the group consisting of natural or synthetic polypeptides, fibrin, and polylysine,
- (e) a compound selected from the group consisting of plaitings, knitted fabrics, woolen structures made of fibers, and fibers comprising resorbable polymers,
- (f) a compound selected from the group consisting of cement pastes, acrylate cements, bonding sheets, and fibrinogen-covered hyaluronic acid foil.
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