	US 12,144,830 B2
	Flowable birth tissue composition and related methods
Kurt Klitzke, Memphis, TN (US); and Jon G. Hargis, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to CONVATEC, INC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Convatec, Inc, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on May 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/325,525.
Application 17/325,525 is a continuation of application No. 16/284,443, filed on Feb. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,026,980.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/635,091, filed on Feb. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0268032 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 35/50 (2015.01); A61L 27/36 (2006.01); A61P 17/02 (2006.01); C12N 5/073 (2010.01)

CPC A61K 35/50 (2013.01) [A61L 27/3604 (2013.01); A61L 27/3687 (2013.01); C12N 5/0605 (2013.01); A61L 2400/06 (2013.01); A61P 17/02 (2018.01); C12N 2539/00 (2013.01)]

15 Claims

1. A method of treating a wound, the method comprising the steps of:

administering a therapeutically effective amount of a flowable porcine birth tissue composition in or around a wound to a patient having a wound in need of treatment, the flowable porcine birth tissue composition comprising:

detergent-treated, milled porcine placental tissue; and

at least one carrier,

wherein the placental tissue is mixed with the at least one carrier to form the flowable porcine birth tissue composition, and

wherein the detergent includes at least one anionic detergent and at least one protease enzyme.