SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL CONSTRUCTS

• Main Authors: BERTRAM, TIMOTHY A, RAPOPORT, H. SCOTT, SANGHA, NAMRATA D, KNIGHT, OLUWATOYIN A, RIVERA, ELIAS A, JUSTEWICZ, DOMINIC M, GENHEIMER, CHRISTOPHER W, JAYO, MANUEL J, ILAGAN, ROGER M, JAIN, DEEPAK, PAYNE, RICHARD, BOYD, SARAH A, HALBERSTADT, CRAIG R, BURNETTE, TERESA B, GUTHRIE, KELLY I, SHARP, WENDY, LUDLOW, JOHN W, QUINLAN, SARAH F, BASU, JOYDEEP, SHOKES, JACOB E
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.11.2011
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL

The present invention relates to the regeneration, reconstruction, augmentation or replacement of luminal organs or tissue structures in a subject in need using scaffolds seeded with autologous or non-autologous cell populations that are or are not derived from the corresponding organ or tissue structure that is the subject of the regeneration, reconstruction, augmentation or replacement.