Resurfacing cartilage defects with chondrocytes proliferated without differentiation using platelet-derived growth factor
Patent Number: 6001352
Date of First Priority Issue: Monday March 31st, 1997
Date Issued: Tuesday December 14th, 1999
Assignee: OsteoBiologics, Inc. (San Antonio, TX)
Inventors: Boyan, Barbara D. (San Antonio, TX); Schwartz, Zvi (Jerusalem, IL)
From Class: 3D Culture/Scaffold
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This patent teaches the use of platelet derived growth factor for stimulating proliferation of chondrocyte and chondrocyte stem cells along the area of a joint defect, so as to accelerate healing.
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