Patent ID: 8652214
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61K,A61L,C12N

Abstract:
1. Method for treating a traumatic or inflammatory degenerate cartilage defect in cartilage in the human body, wherein a cartilage replacement implant for the biological regeneration of a damaged cartilage area of articular cartilage in the human body is inserted into the cartilage defect, the cartilage replacement implant comprising a cell carrier which has a defect-contacting surface for placement on the damaged cartilage area and is formed and designed for colonization with human cells, and the cell carrier resting with surface-to-surface contact on a carrier having a pore width of 20 μm or less and being joined to the carrier at a cell carrier surface that faces away from the defect-contacting surface, wherein the pore width of the carrier substantially prevents perfusion of cells from outside the cartilage replacement implant into the cell carrier, and wherein the cartilage defect is a cartilage defect in the knee, in the intervertebral disc or in any other joint of the human body.