Cell-scaffold constructs

US8337485B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tengion, Inc. · US

Inventors

• John W. Ludlow · Winston-Salem, US
• Manuel J. Jayo · Winston-Salem, US
• Joydeep Basu · Winston-Salem, US
• Timothy A. Bertram · Golconda, US
• Christopher W. Genheimer · Colfax, US
• Kelly I. Guthrie · Graham, US
• Roger M. Ilagan · Burlington, US
• Deepak Jain · Garland, US
• Oluwatoyin A. Knight · Winston-Salem, US
• Richard Payne · Winston-Salem, US
• Sarah F. Quinlan · Clemmons, US
• H. Scott Rapoport · Winston-Salem, US
• Namrata D. Sangha · Winston-Salem, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 4, 2009
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2012
• Expiry date: Jan 27, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2430/22
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to the regeneration, reconstruction, repair, augmentation or replacement of organs or tissue structures using scaffolds and autologous cells that are not derived from such organs or tissues.