Postpartum cells derived from umbilical cord tissue, and methods of making and using the same

US9498501B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DePuy Synthes Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Sanjay Mistry · Linglestown, US
• Anthony J. Kihm · Princeton, US
• Ian Harris · Montgomery, US
• Alexander M. Harmon · Clinton, US
• Darin J. Messina · Somerville, US
• Agnieszka Seyda · New Brunswick, US
• Chin-Feng Yi · Somerville, US
• Anna Gosiewska · Skillman, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2533/50
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Cells derived from human umbilical cords are disclosed along with methods for their therapeutic use. Isolation techniques, culture methods and detailed characterization of the cells with respect to their cell surface markers, gene expression, and their secretion of trophic factors are described.