Cartilage material
AssigneeVivex Biomedical, Inc.
InventorTheodore I. Malinin
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Abstract
Cartilage materials such as cartilage fluff and a cartilage composition comprising a particulate material are disclosed. These are suitable for stimulating chondrogenesis and/or producing cartilage regeneration. Also disclosed are processes for their preparation. Methods for regenerating articular cartilage are also disclosed, which involve, for example, placing the cartilage fluff or cartilage composition into a cartilage defect.
Claims11
A method of preparing a cartilage fluff composition made of a cohesive interconnected network of cartilage fibers, the cartilage fluff composition comprising strands and branches of cartilage material, wherein one or more cartilage branches are connected to the strands, wherein the cartilage fluff composition is self-supporting, wherein the cartilage strands have an average length of about 1,200 μm to about 3,000 μm and an average width of about 30 μm to about 140 μum, and wherein the one or more branches have an average width up to about 50 μm, the method comprising shaving, milling, or grinding the cartilage of a cartilage source, wherein the cartilage fluff composition is suitable for administering to a cartilage defect in an animal for regenerating cartilage in the animal, without the use of a matrix, cover, or vehicle.
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