Method of growing an artery

• US 9,566,135 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2007
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dental Marketing Specialists, Inc., Jerry W. Bains and Salee C. Bains Irrevocable Trust
• Original Assignee: Dental Marketing Specialists, Inc., Jerry W. Bains and Salee C. Bains Irrevocable Trust
• Inventors: Elia, James P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hama, Joanne
• Application Number:
  US11/986,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20080095709A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,368 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/00 Means to be fixed to the jaw-bone for consolidating natural teeth or for fixing dental prostheses thereon; Dental implants; Implanting tools fastening of peg-teeth in the mouth A61C13/30
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0001 Impression means for implants, e.g. impression coping
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0006 Periodontal tissue or bone regeneration support means for endoprosthetic bone substitute or bone graft implants A61F2/2846
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0018 characterised by the shape
• CPC Class Codes: A61C 8/0039 in the form of hollow cylinder with an open bottom
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/32 Bones; Osteocytes; Osteoblasts; Tendons; Tenocytes; Teeth; Odontoblasts; Cartilage; Chondrocytes; Synovial membrane
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 35/44 Vessels; Vascular smooth muscle cells; Endothelial cells; Endothelial progenitor cells
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 48/005 characterised by an aspect of the 'active' part of the composition delivered, i.e. the nucleic acid delivered
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 48/0058 Nucleic acids adapted for tissue specific expression, e.g. having tissue specific promoters as part of a contruct
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 48/0075 characterised by an aspect of the delivery route, e.g. oral, subcutaneous
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2501/155 Bone morphogenic proteins [BMP]; Osteogenins; Osteogenic factor; Bone inducing factor
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2501/48 Regulators of apoptosis
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 2501/60 Transcription factors
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 5/0654 Osteocytes, Osteoblasts, Odontocytes; Bones, Teeth
• CPC Class Codes: C12N 5/069 Vascular Endothelial cells

Abstract

An organ derived from genetic material is inserted in a patient'"'"'s body. Genetic material is inserted at a selected site in the body to grow an organ.

Claims

1. A method of growing and integrating a desired artery at a selected site in a body of a human patient comprising the steps of locally placing living stem cells harvested from bone marrow in a body of a human patient at said selected site and growing said desired artery which integrates itself into said body at said selected site.