Transluminal application of adult stem cells for body organ tissue repair
AssigneeSciCoTec GmbH
InventorEckhard Alt
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Abstract
A method for repairing tissue of a selected organ from among heart, brain, liver, pancreas, kidney, glands, and muscles in a patient's body. Adult stem cells that have the capability to repair tissue of the selected organ are recovered by harvesting from the patient's body. The harvested stem cells are then intraluminally applied through a designated natural body vessel. During the time the stem cells are being applied to the targeted tissue downstream, the designated vessel or duct is selectively occluded to increase concentration and pressure of the applied adult stem cells by the vessel.
Claims11
A method for repairing tissue in a patient's heart, comprising:
- delivering adult stem cells that have the capability to replace tissue of a failing heart to the site of the tissue to be repaired, by an intraluminal application through a blood vessel of said site;
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- occluding said blood vessel proximal to the location of cell entry therein via said intraluminal application during at least a portion of the duration of said cell delivery to increase the concentration of cells delivered by the blood vessel, and wherein said blood vessel leads to the site of the heart tissue to be repaired.
A method of delivering adult multipotent cells to a patient's heart through a balloon catheter placed in a vessel supporting said heart by occluding said vessel at least partially and temporarily during cell delivery proximal to the site of cell delivery for enhanced engraftment of the cells applied to the heart, and wherein the vessel leads to the site of cell delivery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.