Tissue decellularization
US7318998B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 24, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S623/918
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to tissue decellularization and, in particular to a method of treating tissues, for example, heart valves, tendons and ligaments, so as to render them acellular and thereby limit mineralization and/or immunoreactivity upon implementation in vivo.
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