METHOD FOR IN SITU REPAIR OF INJURED, DAMAGED, DISEASED OR AGED ARTICULAR CARTILAGE USING NEO-CARTILAGE CONSTRUCTS AND A METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF - Patent 1796592

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EP 1 796 592 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	20.06.2007 Bulletin 2007/25

(21)	Application number: 04779836.8

(22)	Date of filing: 30.07.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 2/08^(2006.01)

C12N 5/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2004/024902

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2006/022671 (02.03.2006 Gazette 2006/09)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(71)	Applicant: Histogenics Corporation
	Northampton, MA 01062-9768 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MIZUNO, Shuichi Brookline, MA 02446 (US) KUSANAGI, Akihiko Brookline, MA 02446 (US) TARRANT, Laurence, J., B. Northampton, MA 01062-9768 (US) TOKUNO, Toshimasa Tokyo 157-0071 (JP) SMITH, Robert, Lane Palo Alto, CA 94306-2618 (US)

(74)	Representative: Sexton, Jane Helen
	J.A. KEMP & CO. 14 South Square Gray's Inn London WC1R 5JJ London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR IN SITU REPAIR OF INJURED, DAMAGED, DISEASED OR AGED ARTICULAR CARTILAGE USING NEO-CARTILAGE CONSTRUCTS AND A METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF