LAMINATE SHEET ARTICLES FOR TISSUE REGENERATION
First Claim
1. An article for wound healing and tissue regeneration comprising two or more sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix, said sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix laminated to each other to form a planar laminated article of mammalian extracellular matrix.
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Abstract
The invention is to articles of extracellular matrix. The articles comprise one or more sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix laminated together. A single sheet can be folded over and laminated on 3 sides. Two or more sheets can be laminated to each other at their edges. The sheets can further encase a composition comprising a cell or cells, such as for example, a stem cell. A single sheet can be folded over to encase a composition, or rolled to encase a composition with lamination at either end of the roll, for example. The invention also includes methods of using these articles to regenerate tissue at tissue defects, or heal wounds in damaged tissue.
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20 Claims
- 1. An article for wound healing and tissue regeneration comprising two or more sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix, said sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix laminated to each other to form a planar laminated article of mammalian extracellular matrix.
- 10. An article for wound healing and tissue regeneration comprising two or more sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix, said sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix laminated to each other to form a planar laminated article of mammalian extracellular matrix, said article further comprising in between at least two of said sheets at least one cell to further effect wound healing or tissue regeneration upon placement of said laminated article in a mammal at a site in said mammal in need of wound healing or tissue regeneration.
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14. A method comprising:
- a. identifying a defect or wound in mammalian tissue which could benefit from tissue regeneration or wound healing, b. providing an article comprising two or more sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix, said sheets of mammalian extracellular matrix laminated to each other to form a planar laminated article of mammalian extracellular matrix, c. contacting said defect or wound with said article, and d. regenerating tissue at said defect or healing said wound thereby.
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