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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2008
Charito S. Buensuceso, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
David C. Colter, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Brian C. Kramer, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Agnieszka Seyda, Edison, NJ (US);
Charito S. Buensuceso, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
David C. Colter, Hamilton, NJ (US);
Brian C. Kramer, Plainfield, NJ (US);
Agnieszka Seyda, Edison, NJ (US);
Advanced Technologies and Regenerative Medicine, LLC, Raynham, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided are therapeutic implants comprising renal tissue encapsulated within a polymer bead. Also disclosed are methods for treating a disease state in a subject comprising implanting within said subject a therapeutic implant comprising renal tissue encapsulated within a polymer bead. Also provided are methods for making a therapeutic implant comprising: providing renal tissue; mixing the renal tissue with a solution comprising a polymer, thereby forming a tissue-polymer suspension; extruding the tissue-polymer suspension into an bead-forming solution, thereby forming a therapeutic implant comprising beads of said polymer within which the renal tissue is encapsulated.