Patent ID: 8685390

Claim:
A method for accelerating wound healing of a chronic, infected wound as compared to the healing rate of a non-treated chronic, infected wound in a patient in need thereof comprising treating the chronic, infected wound by topically administering to the patient's chronic, infected wound about 0.25-1.0Ã—10 6 cultured amnion-derived epithelial cells, wherein the cultured amnion-derived epithelial cells are made by the method comprising the steps of a) obtaining a placenta and isolating an amnion from the placenta, b) enzymatically releasing amnion-derived epithelial cells from the amnion, c) collecting the released amnion-derived epithelial cells, and d) culturing the collected amnion-derived epithelial cells of step (c) in basal culture medium that is supplemented with human serum albumin and recombinant human EGF.