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Methods of building a body portion

  • US 10,294,455 B2
  • Filed: 06/07/2013
  • Issued: 05/21/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of building at least a portion of a bone for a patient, the method comprising:

  • forming a natural bone scaffold having a plurality of passages through which blood may flow and configured for attachment of different types of stem cells, comprising;

    obtaining natural bone from a body;

    removing tissue and cells from the natural bone to form a porous natural collagen structure defining the plurality of passages of the natural bone scaffold;

    shaping the porous natural collagen structure to correspond to a shape of said at least a portion of a bone of the patient based on a three dimensional image of an area in the patient where the natural bone scaffold is to be positioned;

    harvesting stem cells from at least one soft tissue source of the patient;

    culturing the stem cells;

    positioning the stem cells into the passages of the natural bone scaffold; and

    exposing the stem cells to at least one environmental condition.

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