Perforated osteochondral allograft compositions
AssigneeAlloSource
InventorsYaling Shi, Carolyn Barrett
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Abstract
Osteochondral graft composition comprising a cartilage component and a bone component, and further comprising one or more perforations in the bone component and/or the cartilage component, are provided. Methods of manufacturing and using osteochondral graft compositions comprising one or more perforations in the bone component and/or the cartilage component are also provided.
Claims27
A perforated osteochondral graft composition comprising a continuous portion of an osteochondral tissue containing native, viable chondrocyte cells from a donor of the osteochondral tissue, wherein the continuous portion of osteochondral tissue comprises a cartilage component and a bone component, and wherein the osteochondral graft composition comprises one or more perforations in the cartilage component, the bone component, or the cartilage component and the bone component.
A method of treating a cartilage defect, a bone defect, or an osteochondtral defect in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject at a cartilage defect, a bone defect, or an osteochondral defect a perforated osteochondral graft composition comprising a continuous portion of an osteochondral tissue containing native, viable chondrocyte cells from a donor of the osteochondral tissue, wherein the continuous portion of osteochondral tissue comprises a cartilage component and a bone component, and wherein the osteochondral graft composition comprises one or more perforations in the cartilage component, the bone component, or the cartilage component and the bone component.
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