Patent ID: 8153158
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A61F,A61L,A61P

Abstract:
1. A method of repairing tissue in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising: administering to said subject an amount of a biocomposite in a manner that comprises positioning said biocomposite in proximity to tissue being treated such that said plurality of human progenitor or living stem cells provide an interface between said biocompatible material and said tissue being treated, whereby healing of said tissue is accelerated wherein said biocomposite comprises a biocompatible solid material, and a plurality of living human progenitor or living stem cells attached to a surface of said biocompatible material; wherein the biocompatible material comprises cerium nanoparticles on surfaces of said biocompatible material; wherein the cerium nanoparticles comprise ceria nanoparticles having Ce wherein the average particle size of less than 20 nm is effective to provide an increased amount of the reduced ceria nanoparticles on the surfaces of said biocompatible material relative to larger cerium nanoparticles.