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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Eric G. Schmuck, Deforest, WI (US);
Nancy Sweitzer, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Eric G. Schmuck, Deforest, WI (US);
Kurt W. Saupe, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 47/42 (2006.01); A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/32 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01); A61P 9/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/48 (2006.01); A61K 35/28 (2006.01); A61K 35/34 (2006.01); A61K 35/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bioscaffold made from an isolated cardiac fibroblast-derived 3-dimensional extracellular matrix (ECM) is disclosed. The bioscaffold can be used as an epicardial patch for the delivery of therapeutic cells into myocardial tissue. Methods of making the 3-dimensional extracellular matrix using cultured cardiac fibroblasts are also disclosed.