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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2002
Robert L. Sah, San Diego, CA (US);
Kelvin W. LI, San Diego, CA (US);
Travis J. Klein, San Diego, CA (US);
Barbara L. Schumacher, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Koichi Masuda, Wilmette, IL (US);
Eugene J-m. A. Thonar, Lockport, IL (US);
Robert L. Sah, San Diego, CA (US);
Kelvin W. Li, San Diego, CA (US);
Travis J. Klein, San Diego, CA (US);
Barbara L. Schumacher, Cardiff by the Sea, CA (US);
Koichi Masuda, Wilmette, IL (US);
Eugene J-M. A. Thonar, Lockport, IL (US);
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a cultured, stratified cartilage tissue that comprises a tissue-engineered, cohesive cartilage construct comprised of two or more cartilage layers, wherein each cartilage layer comprises chondrogenic cells having a chondrocytic phenotype corresponding to chondrocytes present in: a superficial-tangential zone of natural cartilage; a middle-transitional zone of natural cartilage; a deep-radial zone of natural cartilage; or a calcified cartilage zone of natural cartilage.