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US 12,605,489 · App. 17/254,013 · Granted Apr 21, 2026

Use of a urinary bladder ECM hydrogel as an esophageal submucosal fluid cushion

Inventors: Stephen Francis Badylak (West Lafayette, IN); Lindsey Tamiko Saldin (El Segundo, CA); Juan Diego Naranjo Gutierrez (Manizales, CO)
Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
A61L27/3633A61L27/3679A61L27/3687A61L27/52A61B2017/00269A61B2017/00818A61L2400/06A61L2430/22
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Patent No.
US 12,605,489
App. No.
17/254,013
Granted
Apr 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods are disclosed for dissecting a mucosa and a submucosa from a muscularis propria from a region of the esophagus of a subject. These methods include injecting submucosally into the region of the esophagus of the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a urinary bladder extracellular matrix (ECM) hydrogel, to form a cushion between the submucosa and the underlying muscularis propria at the region of the esophagus, wherein the ECM hydrogel has the following characteristics: a) a time to 50% gelation of less than 20 minutes at a temperature of about 37° C.; b) a flow viscosity suitable for infusion into the esophagus; and c) a stiffness of about 10 to about 400 Pascal (Pa).

Claims (32)

1 . A method for dissecting a mucosa and a submucosa from a muscularis propria at a region of an esophagus of a subject, comprising:

injecting submucosally into the region of the esophagus of the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a urinary bladder extracellular matrix (ECM) hydrogel to form a cushion between the submucosa and the underlying muscularis propria in the esophagus at the region, wherein the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel comprises the following characteristics:

a) a time to 50% gelation of 20 minutes or less at a temperature of about 37° C.;

b) a flow viscosity suitable for infusion into the esophagus;

c) a stiffness of about 10 to about 400 Pascal (Pa); and

d) an ECM concentration in the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel of about 4 mg/ml to about 20 mg/ml;

thereby dissecting the mucosa and the submucosa from the underlying muscularis propria at the region of the esophagus and inhibiting inflammation in the region of the esophagus in the subject; and

performing an endoscopic resection procedure on the cushion to remove the dissected mucosa and submucosa.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time to 50% gelation is about 2 to about 20 minutes at about 37° C.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the time to 50% gelation is about 3 to about 8 minutes, at the temperature of about 37° C.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time to 50% gelation is about 2 to about 10 minutes at about 37° C.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the flow viscosity is about 0.1 to about 100 Pa*s at a shear rate of about 0.1/s and is about 0.01 to about 0.2 Pats at a shear rate of 1000/s.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the flow viscosity is about 0.1 to about 25 Pa*s at a shear rate of 1/s, and is about 0.02 to about 0.8 Pa*s at a shear rate of about 100/s.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the stiffness of the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is 10-300 Pa.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the ECM concentration in the hydrogel is about 8 mg/ml to about 16 mg/ml.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is administered endoscopically or via a catheter.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is produced by

(a) solubilizing decellularized extracellular matrix (ECM) by digestion of tissue with an acid protease in an acidic solution to produce digested ECM; and

(b) raising the pH of the digested ECM to a pH between 7.2 and 7.8 to produce a neutralized digest solution.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein (b) raising the pH of the digested ECM comprises adding a base or an isotonic buffer to raise the pH of the digested ECM.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the acid protease is pepsin, trypsin or a combination thereof.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is maintained at or below 25° C. prior to administration to the subject.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method dissects an esophageal dysplasia, adenocarcinoma or carcinoma from the esophagus.

15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method comprises dissecting the mucosa and the submucosa from the esophagus of a subject who has Barrett's esophagus.

16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the resection procedure is an endoscopic mucosal resection or an endoscopic submucosal dissection to remove the dissected mucosa and submucosa.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the method comprises:

dividing the cushion such that the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is retained on the underlying muscularis propria of the esophagus and the mucosa and the submucosa are removed from the region of the esophagus.

18 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject is human.

19 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method of dissecting comprises endoscopic mucosal resection or endoscopic mucosal dissection.

20 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is a urinary bladder matrix (UBM) ECM hydrogel.

21 . The method claim 1 , wherein the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is a urinary bladder submucosa (UBS) ECM hydrogel.

22 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the urinary bladder ECM hydrogel is a porcine urinary bladder ECM hydrogel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2020
From: BADYLAK, STEPHEN FRANCIS; SALDIN, LINDSEY TAMIKO; NARANJO GUTIERREZ, JUAN DIEGO
To: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Reel/Frame 054700/0211 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62688191 · Jun 21, 2018
Related Publication 20210268148A1 · Sep 2, 2021
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