Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation

Spineology Inc.

Morris Jacobs

Alison Ling

Eric Semler

Jeffrey Kapec

Moon Hae Sunwoo

Yukiko Naoi

Yen-Chen Huang

Kevin Wu

Evangelia Chnari

Mark Spilker

Jacob Turetsky

Jeffrey Cartmell

German Eduardo Jurado Rivera

Darrin Friend

Judith I Yannariello-Brown

Karen Roche

Steve Wolfe

Methods and compositions for preparing and priming a tissue graft for an accelerated therapeutic effect are provided herein. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a tissue containing viable cells from a donor, wherein the viable cells are endogenous to the tissue and remain resident in the tissue; and priming the viable cells with one or more stimuli comprising simulated hypoxia to produce a primed tissue, wherein when grafted to a recipient the primed tissue provides a benefit compared to non-primed tissue.

Methods and compositions for preparing transplant tissue

Methods and compositions for preparing and priming a tissue graft for an accelerated therapeutic effect are provided herein. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a tissue containing viable cells from a donor, wherein the viable cells are endogenous to the tissue and remain resident in the tissue; and priming the viable cells with one or more stimuli to produce a primed tissue, wherein when grafted to a recipient the primed tissue provides a benefit compared to non-primed tissue.

A medical implant packaging assembly having an outer tray, an inner tray and a retainer. An implant which may include a hydrated tissue graft may be positioned within the packaging assembly. The inner tray is formed from a moisture barrier material whereby the implant may be maintained in a hydrated state, even if the implant is not immersed in fluid within the packaging assembly, thereby avoiding need for rehydrating steps that are required for dehydrated and/or cryopreserved implants prior to or during surgery. The outer tray and inner tray and a retainer are also made of transparent materials, enabling medical personnel to view the implant through these packaging components prior to and during surgery.

Implant packaging assembly

A medical implant packaging assembly having an outer tray, an inner tray and a retainer The implant may include a tissue graft. The inner tray is formed from a moisture barrier material whereby the implant may be maintained in a hydrated state, thereby avoiding need for rehydrating steps that are required for dehydrated or cryopreserved implants. The outer tray and inner tray and a retainer are also made of transparent materials, enabling medical personnel to view the implant through these packaging components prior to and during surgery.

A composition for spinal disc repair comprising a plurality of uniformly shaped demineralized cancellous bone pieces ranging in size from about 2.0 mm to about 4.0 mm loaded into a porous mesh container with the cancellous bone pieces being treated so that they are not osteoinductive and are packed in the porous mesh container under compression forces.

Packed demineralized cancellous tissue forms for disc nucleus augmentation, restoration, or replacement and methods of implantation

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