Method for tissue growth
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1. A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue comprising the following steps:
- providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from an external surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote growth of tissue in and from the at least one portion.
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A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue (22) comprising providing an element (23) which is adapted to receive blood, locating the element (23) in contact with the tissue (23) with at least one portion of the element (23) extending away from an external surface of the tissue (22), and conditioning the element (23) by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element (23) is arranged to stimulate or promote growth of tissue in (27) and from (28) the at least one portion.
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1. A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from an external surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote growth of tissue in and from the at least one portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 71)
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58. A method for treating ischaemic tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the ischaemic tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from an external surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the ischaemic tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote growth of tissue in and from the at least one portion.
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59. A method for treating ischaemic cardiac tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element with at least one portion of the element in contact with the epicardial external surface of the ischaemic cardiac tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into the at least one portion wherein the growth of tissue is stimulated or promoted in and from the at least one portion into the ischeamic cardiac tissue.
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60. A method for treating ischaemic heart disease comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element with at least one portion of the element in contact with the epicardial external surface of ischaemic cardiac tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into the at least one portion wherein the growth of tissue is stimulated or promoted in and from the at least one portion into the ischaemic cardiac tissue.
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61. A method for treating myocardial infarction comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element with at least one portion of the element in contact with an epicardial external surface of infarcted myocardial tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion to stimulate or promote growth of tissue in and from the at least one portion into the infracted myocardial tissue.
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62. A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from the surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote angiogenesis in and from the at least one portion.
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63. A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from the external surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote arteriogenesis in and from the at least one portion.
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64. A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from the external surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote angiogenesis and arteriogenesis in and from the at least one portion.
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65. A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from the external surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote angiogenesis in, and arteriogenesis from, the at least one portion.
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66. A method for promoting or stimulating growth of tissue comprising the following steps:
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providing an element which is adapted to receive blood;
locating the element in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from the external surface of the tissue; and
conditioning the element by introducing blood into said at least one portion whereby, when located in contact with the tissue, the conditioned element is arranged to stimulate or promote arteriogenesis in, and angiogenesis from, the at least one portion.
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- 67. A growth promoting or growth stimulating element comprising a mesh formed from knitted or woven yarn or fibre, wherein the mesh is coated with polyurethane or polyurethane polycarbonate.
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72. A growth promoting or stimulating element adapted to receive blood, the element comprising a porous matrix comprising an polymer or polymer coating, the matrix being adapted to receive blood and sized to fit within a wound in a tissue, such that when the element is located in contact with the tissue with at least one portion of the element extending away from an external surface of the tissue, and when the element is conditioned by introducing blood into at least one portion of the element, growth of the tissue is promoted or stimulated in and from the at least one portion of the element.
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