Patent ID: 9511119
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: A61K,A61L,A61P,A61Q

Claim Text:
1. A method of regenerating damaged or defective tissue comprising: making a preparation by cross-linking hyaluronic acid (HA) in situ within a porous matrix, with limited or no chemical cross-linking of the hyaluronic acid with a material forming the porous matrix, by soaking the porous matrix with the hyaluronic acid, with the addition of cross-linking heavy chains of inter-alpha inhibitor and Tumor Necrosis Factor Stimulating Gene-6, wherein hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is added to the preparation during the HA cross-linking stage or the HGF is added after the HA cross-linking stage by soaking the preparation in a solution containing HGF, and placing the preparation containing HGF into a synovial joint of the mammal.