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Stem Cell Related Patent Number US6767740
| Title: | Stem cell and dental pulp harvesting method and apparatus | | Inventors: | Sramek, Roger Anton; SaUSA
lito, CA, USA | | Summary: | Described herein are stem cells harvested from dental pulp, and methods and apparatus thereof. The invention relates to a process by which a tooth is obtained from a donor, treated with a sterilizing medium to create a sterile field around the tooth, after which the pulp is removed from the dentition. Methods for harvesting the stem and dendritic cells from the pulp are disclosed, as are the associated apparatus. Further provided are the various cell lines propagated and expanded from the stem cells. Therapeutic applications are included, such as in the subsequent repair or regeneration of various tissue throughout the body. | | Abstract: | Methods and apparatus for recovering dental pulp from dentition of a donor are disclosed, wherein the pulp from within extracted teeth utilizing such methods and apparatus is harvested, while preserving a sterile environment and avoiding trauma and infection, and stem cells, dendritic cells, and other cells isolating from the pulp, and the various cells propagated and expanded for subsequent use in repair or regeneration of tissues of the body, for therapeutic treatments, and other medical purposes. | | US Patent Website: | Click Here for Full Text of Patent | | Title Number: | US6767740 | | Application Number: | US2001000975041 | | Date Filed: | 09/10/2001 | | Date Published: | 27/07/2004 | | Assignee: | None |
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