Treatment composition comprising physically disrupted tooth pulp and non-cultured stem cells in a matrix
OwnerRay C. Wasielewskiinventor
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Abstract
A medical implant comprising in components from a tooth and stem cells harvested from at least one tooth. Tooth stem cells may be harvested from the dental pulp of mammalian teeth, such as unerupted third molars in humans. After the stem cells are removed and isolated from the other teeth tissue, the hard tooth may be ground into a base material for the manufacture of a porous matrix into which the tooth stem cells can be added. Additionally, soft tissue from the harvested tooth may be used as a carrier scaffold for soft tissue applications such as meniscal or cartilage repair.
Claims26
A medical implant comprising:
- physically disrupted, non-enzyme-digested tooth pulp including a plurality of non-cultured stem cells;
- and
- a matrix.
A medical implant comprising:
- physically disrupted non-enzyme-digested tooth pulp including a plurality of stem cells;
- and
- a matrix.
A medical implant comprising:
- physically disrupted, non-enzyme-digested tooth pulp including a plurality of stem cells.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.