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US 8,541,032 B2Granted
Tissue graft composition
AssigneeACell, Inc.
InventorsRodney W. Bosley, Jr., Clay Fette
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Abstract
Disclosed are tissue graft compositions made of materials having different densities, methods of making, and methods of treatment for restoring tissues in a patient.
Claims18
A method for restoring a tissue at an anatomic site of a patient, comprising:
- providing a composition comprising
- an epithelial basement membrane and,
- an extracellular matrix material comprising a devitalized portion of a site-specific extracellular matrix material derived from an anatomic site of a mammalian source other than said patient wherein said site-specific extracellular matrix material corresponds to said anatomic site in need of restoration of said patient, and, one of said epithelial basement membrane and said extracellular matrix material has a plurality of raised elements and the other of said epithelial basement membrane and said extracellular matrix material has a plurality of depressions, wherein said raised elements are introduced into said depressions to join the epithelial basement membrane to said extracellular matrix material;
- and
- implanting said composition at the anatomic site of the patient.
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