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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Albert Edge, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Diacrin, Inc., Charlestown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; C12N 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/06 ; C12N 5/08 ;
Abstract
Muscle cells and methods for using the muscle cells are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides transplantable skeletal muscle cell compositions and their methods of use. In one embodiment, the muscle cells can be transplanted into patients having disorders characterized by insufficient cardiac function, e.g., congestive heart failure, in a subject by administering the skeletal myoblasts to the subject. The muscle cells can be autologous, allogeneic, or xenogeneic to the recipient.