Patents Assigned to Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
  • Patent number: 10624928
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising mesenchymal stem cells, a hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition is used for the treatment of the joint disease. The mesenchymal stem cells in the composition are at least one selected from the group consisting of infra-patellar fat pad stromal cells, bone marrow stem cells, Wharton's jelly stem cells and adipose derived stem cells. The concentration of the hyaluronan is in a range from 25% (v/v) to 75% (v/v). The present invention further provides a method for treating a joint disease, comprising a step of administrating a composition containing mesenchymal stem cells, a hyaluronan and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to an injured joint tissue of a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
    Inventors: Dah-Ching Ding, Kun-Chi Wu
  • Patent number: 10465167
    Abstract: An adjuvant for rapid proliferation of human mesenchymal stem cells in vitro is provided to overcome the problem of low cell amplification efficiency of human mesenchymal stem cells in a culture process. The adjuvant added for the culture of human mesenchymal stem cells includes at least one antioxidant, and a basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2). The adjuvant is added into a medium containing the human mesenchymal stem cells, and the culture takes place in a normal oxygen environment (21% oxygen tension), and the cells are divided rapidly, and the cell cycle at synthesis phase (S phase) percentage is increased to reduce ageing and improve differentiation potential. The adjuvant not only amplifies human mesenchymal stem cells rapidly to harvest the growth factor, but also maintains the characteristics of the multifunction of stem cells for the purposes of culturing and amplifying the human mesenchymal stem cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
    Inventors: Li-Yi Sun, Cheng-Yoong Pang, Ching-Feng Cheng, Dian-Kun Li
  • Patent number: 9856454
    Abstract: A method for rapid mincing of adipose tissues to isolate live cells in vitro is disclosed to overcome the drawbacks of a lead procedure of isolating live cells by holding a knife to mince adipose tissues, which can only isolate a small number of live cells and obtain low cell viability. The method includes: providing an adipose tissue; mincing the adipose tissue homogeneously by a mincing device; adding a reagent into the minced adipose tissue to perform hydrolysis; performing centrifuge and isolation; and removing a supernatant to obtain a cell pellet. Therefore, the time of mincing adipose tissues can be shortened, and contaminations caused by repeated use of the knife can be avoided. The method can be used for isolating live cells of adipose tissues to improve the number of live cells per unit weight of adipose tissues without reducing the cell viability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
    Inventors: Li-Yi Sun, Dian-Kun Li, Cheng-Yoong Pang, Yao-Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 9574175
    Abstract: An endometrial polyp stem cell is disclosed in the present invention. The endometrial polyp stem cell is isolated from an endometrial polyp tissue, expresses vimentin, CD13, CD29, CD44, and CD90, and has no expression of CD1q, CD3, CD34, and CD45.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation
    Inventor: Dah-Ching Ding