Use of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells for chondrocyte differentiation and cartilage repair
Patent Number: 6841150
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday August 19th, 1999
Date Issued: Tuesday January 11th, 2005
Assignee: Artecal, Sciences, Inc. (Durham, NC)
Inventors: Halvorsen, Yuan-Di C. (Holly Springs, NC); Wilkison, William O. (Bahama, NC); Gimble, Jeffrey Martin (Chapel Hill, NC)
From Class: Use
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This appears to be a very important patent in that it teaches the use of adipose stem cells for generating chondrocytes and using the chondrocytes to heal cartilage.
This patent should be compared to ones by Osiris that use adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells for cartilage repair, as well as by Cytori which uses adipose derived stem cells for a variety of indications.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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