SPINAL DISK REGENERATIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND USE

摘要

The present invention provides a novel way to replenish the disc using retooled disc compositions to repair degenerative discs. There is no better source of proteoglycans than the actual disc material (6) itself. To this end, there has been developed a technique to remove the nucleus pulposus and retool the morphology of the nucleus pulposus to create a powder material (10) that is dry and can be stored at room temperature for long periods of time. This powder (10) can then be reconstituted with a variety of fluids, the most suitable being normal saline or lactated ringers to form a flowable mixture (20).

主权项

1. A syringe or injectable device with a rehydrated spinal disc regenerative composition consisting essentially of:
a micronized material of nucleus pulposus, the micronized material being initially dried and then rehydrated aseptically in a fluid stored in a container and wherein the micronized material when rehydrated has a high but flowable viscosity wherein the material exhibits the viscosity at which the rehydrated material is flowable as an injectable through a small bore cannula wherein the container in which the rehydrated material is stored is a syringe or other injectable device for insertion into a damaged disc to be treated.