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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Nutech Medical, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Inventor:
Howard P. Walthall, Jr., Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
NUTECH MEDICAL, INC., Canton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 38/18 (2006.01); A61K 47/36 (2006.01); A61K 8/64 (2006.01); A61K 8/73 (2006.01); A61Q 19/08 (2006.01); A61L 27/20 (2006.01); A61L 27/54 (2006.01); A61L 27/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 27/20 (2013.01); A61K 8/64 (2013.01); A61K 8/735 (2013.01); A61K 38/1833 (2013.01); A61L 27/54 (2013.01); A61L 27/56 (2013.01); A61Q 19/08 (2013.01); A61K 2800/91 (2013.01); A61L 2300/414 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/02 (2013.01); A61L 2430/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/10 (2013.01); A61L 2430/24 (2013.01); A61L 2430/32 (2013.01); A61L 2430/34 (2013.01); A61L 2430/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Preparations containing hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and hyaluronic acid (HA) and methods of making and using same. The HGF and HA preparations can be prepared together in solution as an injectable fluid without gelatinization, or impregnated within a porous hydrophilic matrix material with, or without, cross-linking of the HA with the matrix material. The preparations can be used as a dermal filler or to generate and promote healing of cartilage, vertebral discs, connective tissues such as tendons and ligaments and bone in vivo.