Acellular Regenerative Products and Preservation Media
An acellular product may be derived from human placenta and may be used in various scenarios for wound healing. Because the product may be acellular, the product may be processed for storage and transportation with minimal degradation. The product may include various scaffolding such as biomaterials or human tissue, and the scaffolding may be infused with various plasmas and agents. The cell-free treatment may maintain the biological activity of many therapeutic agents found within cells and may possess multiple structural components to support cellular attachment. The structural components or scaffolds may function as a reservoir of highly diffusible chemotactic and cellular-programming factors that may be useful to treat injury and disease. In many cases, fibrinogen may be absent, which may reduce scarring.
1 . An acellular product comprising a condensed plasma portion and a non-particulate biological scaffold, wherein the non-particulate biological scaffold portion is impregnated with the condensed plasma portion, non-particulate biological scaffold portion comprising essentially human placental intermediate layer.
2 . The acellular product of claim 1 , said condensed plasma portion being derived from human amniotic fluid.
3 . The acellular product of claim 2 , said condensed plasma portion having at least 25% of water removed from said human amniotic fluid.
4 . The acellular product of claim 3 , said condensed plasma portion being essentially free of red blood cells.
5 . The acellular product of claim 4 , said condensed plasma portion being essentially free of fibrinogen.
6 . The acellular product of claim 3 being capable of growing human cells when inoculated with said human cells under serum-free conditions.
7 . The acellular product of claim 6 being a product with a reduced ability of growing said human cells when rinsed with water prior to inoculating with said human cells under serum-free conditions.
8 . The acellular product of claim 7 having a collagen structural component.
9 . The acellular product of claim 7 having a hyaluronic acid structural component.
10 . The acellular product of claim 1 having the ability to bind platelets with a high affinity.
11 . The acellular product of claim 1 having never been frozen.
12 . The acellular product of claim 1 being shelf-stable for at least 6 months at room temperature.
13 . The acellular product of claim 1 , said scaffold portion being a contiguous piece of at least 50 mg.
14 . The acellular product of claim 13 , said scaffold portion being a contiguous piece of at least 100 mg.
15 . The acellular product of claim 14 , said scaffold portion being a contiguous piece of at least 150 mg.
16 . The acellular product of claim 1 having a collagen structural component.
17 . The acellular product of claim 1 having a hyaluronic acid structural component.
18 . The acellular product of claim 1 , said scaffold portion being visibly clear.
19 . The acellular product of claim 18 , said scaffold portion being gelatinous.
20 . The acellular product of claim 19 , said scaffold portion being hydrophilic.