Use of Synovium and Omentum for Tissue Engineering

Abstract

A method for treating a patient to repair or regenerate damaged tissues or organs in which synovium from a joint or omentum from the abdomen are harvested to provide explants, optionally separating cells from the synovium or omentum explants for culture or tissue specification, and introducting the explants or separated cells from the synovium or omentum into damaged tissues or organs to repair the damaged tissues or organs.

1 - 3 . (canceled)  
   
   
       4 . A method for treating a patient to repair damaged tissue which comprises: 
 (a) harvesting omentum tissue from the patient;    (b) separating the cells from the harvested omentum tissue from the patient; and    (c) introducing the separated cells into the damaged tissue of the patient so as to repair the damaged tissue.    
   
   
       5 - 11 . (canceled)  
   
   
       12 . A method for treating a patient to repair damaged tissue which comprises: 
 (a) harvesting omentum tissue from the patient to provide an explant; and    (b) introducing the explant into the damaged tissue of the patient so as to repair the damaged tissue.    
   
   
       13 - 18 . (canceled)  
   
   
       19 . A cocktail of cells for treating a patient which have been isolated from the body of the patient, the cocktail of cells comprising a population of stem cells, progenitor cells, flat omentum cells, oval omentum cells, red blood cells, angioblasts, cartilage cells, white blood cells, fibroblasts, fat cells, or mixtures thereof wherein the cocktail of cells have been harvested from omentum of the abdomen.  
   
   
       20 . The cocktail of cells of  claim 19  wherein the patient is an animal.  
   
   
       21 . The cocktail of cells of  claim 19  wherein the patient is a human.