Therapeutic angiogenesis by bone marrow-derived cell transplantation in myocardial ischemic tissue and skeletal muscle ischemic tissue
Patent Number: 6878371
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday July 26th, 2000
Date Issued: Tuesday April 12th, 2005
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. (Maple Grove, MN)
Inventors: Ueno, Takafumi (Decatur, GA); Murohara, Toyoaki (Fukuoka, JP); Robinson, Keith Allen (Norcross, GA); Chronos, Nicolas A. F. (Atlanta, GA); Baldwin, Sam (Newton, MA); Palasis, Maria (Wellesley, MA)
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This is a very important patent for the clinical trials ongoing right now that are administering bone marrow autolous stem cells into the heart of patients in order to stimulate angiogenesis.
This paten is definately worthy of detailed reading and understanding in light of existing clinical research in this area.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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