Patent ID: 9480718
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61K,A61L,A61P,C12N

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in a subject, comprising: identifying a subject with PVD; obtaining a unit of adipose tissue from said subject; processing said adipose tissue by separating adipose-derived cells comprising stem and progenitor cells from mature adipocytes and connective tissue, and washing, separating, and concentrating said adipose-derived cells from adipose tissue to obtain a concentrated population of cells comprising adipose-derived stem and endothelial progenitor cells, wherein at least 0.1% of the adipose-derived cells are adipose-derived stem cells; and providing to the subject an amount of said concentrated population of adipose-derived cells that is sufficient to restore blood flow to an ischemic region, wherein said concentrated population of adipose-derived cells is not grown in culture.