Methods for determining the orientation of a tissue graft

• US 8,597,687 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2012
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mimedx Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Mimedx Group Incorporated
• Inventors: Daniel, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Ford, Allison
• Application Number:
  US13/569,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20120294810A1
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• Field of Search: 623/23.74, 424/10.2
• US Class Current: 424/583
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/50 Placenta; Placental stem cells; Amniotic fluid; Amnion; Amniotic stem cells
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2300/412 Tissue-regenerating or healing or proliferative agents
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2300/60 characterised by a special physical form
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2430/40 Preparation and treatment of biological tissue for implantation, e.g. decellularisation, cross-linking
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/3604 characterised by the human or animal origin of the biological material, e.g. hair, fascia, fish scales, silk, shellac, pericardium, pleura, renal tissue, amniotic membrane, parenchymal tissue, fetal tissue, muscle tissue, fat tissue, enamel
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/3683 subjected to a specific treatment prior to implantation, e.g. decellularising, demineralising, grinding, cellular disruption/non-collagenous protein removal, anti-calcification, crosslinking, supercritical fluid extraction, enzyme treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/3691 characterised by physical conditions of the treatment, e.g. applying a compressive force to the composition, pressure cycles, ultrasonic/sonication or microwave treatment, lyophilisation
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/50 Materials characterised by their function or physical properties , e.g. injectable or lubricating compositions, shape-memory materials, surface modified materials
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/54 Biologically active materials, e.g. therapeutic substances A61L27/227 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/58 Materials at least partially resorbable by the body

Abstract

A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the selected layer on the drying fixture, and cutting the selected layer into a plurality of tissue grafts. Preferably, the drying fixture includes grooves or raised edges that define the outer contours of each desired tissue graft, after they are cut, and further includes raised or indented logos that emboss the middle area of the tissue grafts during dehydration and that enables an end user to distinguish the top from the bottom side of the graft. The grafts are comprised of single layers of amnion or chorion, multiple layers of amnion or chorion, or multiple layers of a combination of amnion and chorion.

Claims

1. A method for permitting direct, visual determination of the orientation of a placental tissue graft by user, wherein the placental tissue graft has a first side and a second side, said method comprising:

placing an asymmetric label on a portion of at least one side of said tissue graft, which label visibly distinguishes one side from the other side, thereby permitting direct, visual determination of the orientation for application of said tissue graft; and

ascertaining the orientation of the placental tissue graft by direct visual determination.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said label is an embossment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said label is a raised or indented texture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said label is a logo, a design, a name, or text.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said tissue graft contains multiple tissue layers.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said label visibly distinguishes a basement side of the placental tissue graft.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said label visibly distinguishes a stromal side of the placental tissue graft.