US 11,666,616 B2
Use of photosynthetic scaffolds in tissue engineering
Jose-Tomas Egana-Erazo, Munich (DE); Hans-Gunther Machens, Munich (DE); Ursula Hopfner, Munich (DE); and Joerg Nickelsen, Munich (DE)
Assigned to SYMBIOX, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by SYMBIOX, INC., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/21,621.
Application 15/845,016 is a division of application No. 14/869,930, filed on Sep. 29, 2015, granted, now 9,849,150, issued on Dec. 26, 2017.
Application 17/021,621 is a continuation of application No. 15/845,016, filed on Dec. 18, 2017, granted, now 11,207,362.
Application 14/869,930 is a continuation of application No. 13/636,402, granted, now 9,144,589, issued on Sep. 29, 2015, previously published as PCT/EP2011/001423, filed on Mar. 22, 2011.
Claims priority of application No. 10003008 (EP), filed on Mar. 22, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2020/0405796 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. A61K 36/05 (2006.01); A61L 24/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/38 (2006.01); A61L 27/60 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 1/12 (2006.01); A61L 27/50 (2006.01); A61L 24/10 (2006.01); A61L 26/00 (2006.01); A61L 27/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 36/05 (2013.01) [A61L 24/0005 (2013.01); A61L 24/102 (2013.01); A61L 24/106 (2013.01); A61L 26/0033 (2013.01); A61L 26/0042 (2013.01); A61L 26/0057 (2013.01); A61L 27/24 (2013.01); A61L 27/3804 (2013.01); A61L 27/50 (2013.01); A61L 27/60 (2013.01); C12N 1/12 (2013.01); C12N 5/0068 (2013.01); A61L 2430/34 (2013.01); C12N 2502/70 (2013.01); C12N 2533/54 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
 
1. A method for treating injured tissue, comprising applying a structure or carrier matrix seeded with photosynthetically active cells to the injured tissue such that the photosynthetically active cells directly contact the injured tissue, wherein the photosynthetically active cells deliver oxygen to the injured tissue.