Abstract: A method of treating a natural soft skeletal tissue injury in a patient the method comprising administering to the patient a composition of mesenchymal stem cells in liquid suspension enriched compared to the natural source of said cells, or tenocytes derived therefrom. The method is particularly suited to the regeneration of tendons in competitive mammals, such as the superficial digital flexor tendon of the horse.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 8, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 15, 2012
Assignee:
Quy Biosciences Limited
Inventors:
Roger Kenneth Whealands Smith, Kenneth Gregory McGarrell, Allen Edward Goodship, Gordon William Blunn