Use of synovium and omentum for tissue engineering
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1. A method for treating a patient to repair damaged articular cartilage, which comprises:
- (a) harvesting of synovial villi from a synovial membrane of a joint of the patient to provide an explant; and
(b) introducing the explant into the damaged cartilage, so as to repair the damaged cartilage, wherein the introduced explant comprises synovial villi and all of its harvested components.
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A method for treating a patient to repair or regenerate damaged tissues or organs in which synovium from a joint or omentum from the abdomen are harvested to provide explants, optionally separating cells from the synovium or omentum explants for culture or tissue specification, and introducting the explants or separated cells from the synovium or omentum into damaged tissues or organs to repair the damaged tissues or organs.
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1. A method for treating a patient to repair damaged articular cartilage, which comprises:
- (a) harvesting of synovial villi from a synovial membrane of a joint of the patient to provide an explant; and
(b) introducing the explant into the damaged cartilage, so as to repair the damaged cartilage, wherein the introduced explant comprises synovial villi and all of its harvested components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- (a) harvesting of synovial villi from a synovial membrane of a joint of the patient to provide an explant; and
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6. A method for treating a patient to repair damaged articular cartilage, comprising:
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a) harvesting a plurality of synovial villi from a joint of the patient; b) mincing or morcellizing the collected synovial villi to provide an explant; and c) introducing the explant into the damaged articular cartilage, so as to repair the damaged cartilage. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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