Process for regenerating bone and cartilage
First Claim
1. A process for the forming and applying an implant material with bone regenerating characteristics to form bone in a patient, comprising:
- removing fatty tissue containing no osteoblasts or mesanchymal cells derived from bone, bone marrow or periosteum from a patient in need of bone regeneration;
comminuting said fatty tissue material to produce small fatty tissue particles;
suspending at least some of the small fatty tissue particles in a physiologically acceptable, liquid to form a suspension comprising the particles;
depositing at least a substantial portion of the suspended fatty tissue particles from said suspension on a physiologically acceptable, solid carrier material by contacting the suspension with the carrier material to form a solid implanting material;
implanting said solid implanting material into a bone in need of regeneration in a patient; and
allowing bone to regenerate in the patient,wherein said removing of said fatty tissue and implanting of said implanting material are carried out in at most about 1 hour of elapsed time.
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Abstract
Bone and cartilage are regenerated in a patient by a process of removing fatty tissue such as omentum tissue from a patient, comminuting the tissue to form small tissue particles, suspending the particles in a liquid to form a suspension, depositing the suspension on a solid carrier to prepare a solid implanting material, implanting the implanting material in a patient in an environment favoring bone or cartilage formation, and regenerating bone or cartilage in the patient. The carrier can be demineralized bone, collagen, mineral material or synthetic polymer material in pulverulent, textile, porous particle or monolith form. A cell adhesion agent may be applied to the carrier or added to the suspension, and a growth factor may be deposited on the carrier. Comminuting is performed by digesting with an enzyme and/by mechanically comminuting. Liquid used to form the suspension may contain a gel precursor which is gelled after the suspension is deposited to the carrier. Preferably, the implanting material is implanted within about 1 hour of removing the fatty tissue from the patient.
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26 Claims
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1. A process for the forming and applying an implant material with bone regenerating characteristics to form bone in a patient, comprising:
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removing fatty tissue containing no osteoblasts or mesanchymal cells derived from bone, bone marrow or periosteum from a patient in need of bone regeneration; comminuting said fatty tissue material to produce small fatty tissue particles; suspending at least some of the small fatty tissue particles in a physiologically acceptable, liquid to form a suspension comprising the particles; depositing at least a substantial portion of the suspended fatty tissue particles from said suspension on a physiologically acceptable, solid carrier material by contacting the suspension with the carrier material to form a solid implanting material; implanting said solid implanting material into a bone in need of regeneration in a patient; and allowing bone to regenerate in the patient, wherein said removing of said fatty tissue and implanting of said implanting material are carried out in at most about 1 hour of elapsed time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A process for forming and applying an implant material with cartilage regenerating characteristics to form cartilage in a patient, comprising:
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removing fatty tissue material containing no chondrocytes or other cartilage forming cells derived from cartilage, bone marrow or periosteum from a patient in need of cartilage regeneration; comminuting said fatty tissue to produce small fatty tissue particles; suspending at least some of said small fatty tissue particles in a physiologically acceptable, liquid to form a suspension comprising the fatty tissue particles; depositing at least a substantial portion of said fatty tissue particles from said suspension on a physiologically acceptable, solid carrier, by contacting the suspension with the carrier material to form a solid implanting material; implanting said solid implanting material into a cartilage in need of regeneration in a patient; and allowing cartilage to regenerate in the patient; wherein said removing of the fatty tissue and implanting of said implanting material are carried out collectively in at most about 1 hour. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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