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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6049026
| Title: | Apparatus and methods for preparing an implantable graft | | Inventors: | Muschler, George Frederick; Cleveland Heights, OH, USA | | Summary: | Described herein is a kit for preparing an implantable composite bone marrow graft. The invention relates to a porous, biocompatible, sterile substrate and a container configured to retain the substrate and to permit the flow of a cell suspension, such as a bone marrow aspirate suspension, through the substrate. Further disclosed are methods by which the composite bone graft contains a greater number of connective tissue progenitor cells per unit volume than that found in the original bone marrow aspirate. Therapeutic examples employing such a composite bone marrow graft are provided. | | Abstract: | | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | | Title Number: | US6049026 | | Application Number: | US1998000082984 | | Date Filed: | 21/05/1998 | | Date Published: | 11/04/2000 | | Assignee: | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA |
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