Patent ID: 6576019
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: A61F,A61L,A61P

Abstract:
A method for the reconstruction, repair, augmentation or replacement of laminarily organized luminal organs or tissue structures in a patient in need of such treatment comprising the steps of:a) providing a biocompatible synthetic or natural polymeric matrix shaped to conform to at least a part of the luminal organ or tissue structure in need of said treatment; b) depositing a first cell population on or in a first area of said polymeric matrix, said first cell population being substantially a muscle cell population; c) depositing a second cell population of a different cell type than said first cell population in a second area of said polymeric matrix, said second area being substantially separated from said first area; and d) implanting the shaped polymeric matrix cell construct into said patient at the site of said treatment for the formation of laminarily organized luminal organ or tissue structure.