Patent ID: 9655931
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P

Claim:
1. A method of making a tissue construct for medical purposes, comprising the steps of: a) seeding onto or into a biocompatible matrix endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) having a content of both early outgrowth endothelial progenitor cells (EOEC) and late outgrowth endothelial progenitor cells (LOEC), wherein the endothelial progenitor cells have not been passaged multiple times, and wherein the LOEC's are CD133 b) simultaneously or sequentially seeding into or onto the biocompatible matrix one or more cell types selected from the group consisting of myoblasts, myofibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, smooth muscle progenitor cells and fibroblasts.