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Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021

Filed:

May. 31, 2018
Applicants:

The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD (US);

Hadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;

Mitchell Shirvan, Kfar Saba, IL;

Inventors:

Pamela Gehron Robey, Bethesda, MD (US);

Sergei Kuznetsov, Rockville, MD (US);

Raphael Gorodetsky, Jerusalem, IL;

Astar Hailu-Lazmi, Jerusalem, IL;

Mitchell Shirvan, Kfar Saba, IL;

Joseph Featherall, Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/16 (2006.01); A61L 31/04 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 31/16 (2013.01); A61L 31/042 (2013.01); A61L 31/046 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61L 2430/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods are provided for promoting cartilage growth and/or repair. The methods include, administering locally to a site in a subject in need thereof, bone marrow stromal cells attached to fibrin microbeads comprising crosslinked hyaluronic acid and thereby producing stable cartilage locally at the site in the subject.


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