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Method for treating connective tissue disorders

Patent 5226914 Issued on July 13, 1993. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject November 16, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 614912 filed on 11/16/1990

US Classes:

435/325, ANIMAL CELL, PER SE (E.G., CELL LINES, ETC.); COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PROPAGATING, MAINTAINING OR PRESERVING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF ISOLATING OR SEPARATING AN ANIMAL CELL OR COMPOSITION THEREOF; PROCESS OF PREPARING A COMPOSITION CONTAINING AN ANIMAL CELL; CULTURE MEDIA THEREFORE424/93.7, Animal or plant cell424/93.71, Leukocyte424/549, Skeleton (e.g., bone, teeth, etc.)424/577, Hemic or immune system (e.g., hematopoietic system, bone marrow cells, etc.)530/838, Marrow; spleen530/840, Bones; tendons; teeth; cartilage623/919, Bone623/920METHOD OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING OR TREATING PROSTHETIC

Examiners

Primary: Green, Randall L.
Assistant: Brittingham, Debra S.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

A61F 002/28
A61K 035/12

Abstract

The present invention is directed to various processes and devices for utilizing isolated and culturally expanded marrow-derived mesenchymal cells (i.e. mesenchymal stem cells) for treating skeletal and other connective tissue disorders.

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