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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2006
Mitchell S. Seyedin, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Matthew Matava, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mitchell S. Seyedin, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Matthew Matava, St. Louis, MO (US);
Isto Technologies, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present application discloses methods for repairing hyaline cartilage defects. The methods comprise a combination of introducing autologous bone mesenchymal stem cells to a joint, and applying to the joint a membrane comprising a polyester entangled with a polysaccharide. In some aspects, the bone mesenchymal stem cells are mesenchymal stem cells originating in bone underlying the joint. In these aspects, contact between the joint and the mesenchymal stem cells can be effected by introducing apertures through the bone using standard surgical techniques such as microfracture, abrasion, or drilling. Cartilage which forms in response to application of these methods is hyaline cartilage rather than fibrocartilage.