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Abstract
Implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of connective tissue, preferably cartilage, comprising at least one composition for the activation of locally present cells for tissue regeneration and at least one structure for cell invasion in vivo and/or for the formation of cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the employed composition.
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- This is a divisional application, based on prior U.S. application Ser. No. 09/718,801, filed on Nov. 22, 2000, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety as if set forth fully herein.
- The invention relates to implantable substrates for the healing and protection of connective tissue, preferably cartilage in the state of arthrosis. More specifically, the invention relates to an implantable substrate for the healing and protection of connective tissue, preferably cartilage, comprising at least one structure for the invasion of cells in vivo, for the formation of cell matrix, and/or for the release of constituents of the employed means and at least one means for the activation of locally present cells for the regeneration of tissue. The invention also relates to a method for the production of the implantable substrate, a method for the healing and/or protection of connective tissue, preferably cartilage in the state of arthrosis, employing the implantable substrates according to the invention, as well as the use of the implantable substrates in the field of surgical medicine and tissue engineering.
- Osteoarthrosis is the most common joint disease worldwide, affecting the majority of humans older than 65 years. As a necessary consequence, there is an enormous clinical, health-political and economical relevancy of methods directed to the treatment of osteoarthrosis. During the course of this primarily degenerative joint disease, which is dependent on the age, a stepwise focal destruction of the surface of the joint occurs, and, as a result, a misregulated regional growth of the neighboring and subchondral bone structures (osteophytes) follows. The consequences are pain and restricted function and mobility. Systemic factors which influence the emergence of osteoarthrosis are age, gender, weight, osteoporosis, hereditary factors and an excess of mechanical stress. Local factors comprise the specific shape of the joint, distortions, trauma, as well as specifically acting biomechanical factors. Although the primary genesis is degenerative, during the course of osteoarthrosis, there are inflammatory degenerations to be observed, such as synovitis (inflammation of the endothelium of the joint) and the production of biological messenger substances (cytokines and growth factors), which promote inflammation. These ongoing changes embody an ill-regulation of tissue homeostasis, which occurs in the area of load-carrying cartilage and bone structures, i.e., there is a lack of balance between degenerative processes and repair processes. (WB van den Berg: The role of cytokines and growth factors in cartilage destruction in osteoarthritis, Z Rheumatol. 58:136-141, 1999.)
- The disease is a consequence of malfunctions in the area of the entire joint including the bone, the muscle and the innervation of the joint, which finally leads to an excessive mechanical stress and a biochemically mediated destruction of the affected joints. Furthermore, there has not yet been any possibility of healing this disease. Very often, physiotherapeutic measures and pain-reducing, anti-inflammatory medication, such as non-steroidal anti-rheumatic drugs, are insufficient symptomatic kinds of treatments. Conventional orthopedic measures, such as debridement, joint-shaving, microfracture, drilling, are also insufficient to treat the disease. If extensive degenerations occur, often a surgical reconstructive measure, with endoprothetic exchange of the joint, remains as the only option. (J A Buckwalter, H J Mankin: Articular Cartilage Repair and Transplantation: Arthritis & Rheumatism 41:1131-1342, 1998.)
- Tissue engineering offers promising new technologies for the transplantation of functionally active autologous cells and optionally for biomaterials creating a desired shape of the material.
- Using tissue engineering technology, new cartilage and bone tissue are actively built up or bred, respectively. Usually, tissue engineering is based on the breeding of autologous cells which are subsequently transplanted into the patient, for example, as a solution or as a matured graft. Unfortunately, the proliferative potential of these cells is limited and the breeding over many cell passages in vitro substantially reduces the functional quality of the cells.
- Another approach in tissue engineering is embodied by the stimulation of tissue regeneration itself, or at least the differentiation of cells which were yielded from the patient beforehand, for example, by addition of growth factors. In this context, the factors of the TGF-β-superfamily are of interest because they play a major role during the development of tissues and organs.
- There are substantially different principles to employ these growth factors. For example, a part of the cells may be transfected with the genes of the TGF-β-family to achieve an improved maturation, but also in order to protect the tissue of, e.g., a chronically inflamed joint from being destroyed again. (Evans C H, Robbins P D: Gene therapy for arthritis, Gene therapeutics: Methods and applications of direct gene transfer, edited by J A Wolff, Boston, Birkhäuser, 321, (1994); Kalden J R, Geiler T, Hermann M, Bertling W: Gentherapie der rheumatoiden Arthritis—ein bereits, anwendbares Therapieprinzip?—Z Rheumatol 57:139-47, (1988); Herndon J H, Robbins P D, Evans C H: Arthritis: is the cure in your genes? J Bone Joint Surg Am, 81:152-7, (1999).)
- Another possibility lies in the use of release systems, such as the transient release of factors from resorbable microparticles or cell carriers, e.g., to stabilize a graft during the critical phase of wound healing. (U.S. Pat. No. 5,910,489). Finally, the direct regeneration of tissue may be achieved without cells by using growth factors and biomaterials. (Kübler, Osteoinduktion und -reparation, Mund-Kiefer-Gesichtschir., 1, 2-25, (1997).)
- The discovery and characterization of new factors, which are capable of influencing the maturation and differentiation of somatic cells, are available tools which allow for the manufacture of a full-fledged replacement cartilage or bone, starting with only a few autologous cells.
- However, the major disadvantage of the latter technology is the necessity of obtaining a tissue sample from the patient and also the comparably sophisticated cultivation of the cells.
- During a naturally-occurring tissue healing process, cells from the area surrounding a defect or lesion are normally attracted in order to fill that lesion. The attracted cells are mainly precursor cells which, at a later stage, develop into tissue cells with their particular properties. Accordingly, when a bone fracture occurs, precursor cells from the periostium and the bone marrow migrate into the defect and form new bones via the “detour” of a cartilage tissue. By contrast, natural regeneration of cartilage by means of invading precursor cells does finally not work in humans at all. Certain methods of treatment, such as methods of microfracture, are aimed at opening the way into the joint space for cells originating from bone marrow.
- In the art of cartilage healing, bioactive substances have been developed that possess chemotactic, anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenetic, differentiating or anti-adhesive properties. (See, i.e., U.S. Pat. No. 5,853,746, entitled “Methods and compositions for the treatment and repair of defects or lesions in cartilage or bone using functional barrier”; U.S. Pat. No. 5,817,773, entitled “Stimulation, production, culturing and transplantation of stem cells by fibroblast growth factors”; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,910,489, entitled “Topical composition containing hyaluronic acid and NSAIDs”.)
- The invention is based on the problem of developing a substrate which can be used in the process of healing and/or protecting connective tissue, preferably cartilage. The problem was solved by the provision of implantable substrates for the healing and/or protection of connective tissue, particularly for the healing and/or protection of cartilage in the state of arthrosis.
- The present invention is particularly based on the use or stimulation, respectively, of pluripotent precursor cells or mesenchymal stem cells for the regeneration of tissue. The potential of these cells for proliferation and differentiation is of major interest for the healing of cartilage and bone. Precursors and stem cells may be used in a comparable manner to the adult cells. In doing so, the differentiation behavior may be influenced by using different morphogenic factors, such as, for example, FGF (fibroblast growth factor) or TGF-β (transforming growth factor β)-superfamily under defined culture parameters. (U.S. Pat. No. 5,817,773.)
- Hence, the present invention relates to an implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of connective tissue, preferably cartilage, comprising at least one means for the activation of locally present cells to achieve tissue generation and at least one structure for the invasion of cells in vivo and/or for the formation of a cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the means employed.
- The invention further relates to a substrate for the protection and/or healing of connective tissue, preferably cartilage, comprising at least one means containing differentiating and chemotactic factors, preferably in combination with a structure such as described herein.
- The present invention also provides methods for producing an implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of connective tissue, wherein the implantable substrate comprises at least one means for the activation of locally present cells to achieve tissue generation and at least one structure for the invasion of cells in vivo and/or for the formation of a cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the means employed.
- In the present context, the term “substrate” denominates the entirety of the subject matter according to the invention. For example, the substrate according to the invention may be a spreadable or adhesive “cell attraction paste” or a kind of “bioactive cartilage covering.” One embodiment of the substrate according to the invention is shown in FIG. 1.
- The phrase “structure for cell invasion in vivo and/or for the formation of cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the means employed” (also sometimes referred to herein as “structure”) comprises the matrix in which the means according to the invention is present.
- The term “means” comprises the entirety of usable biologically active and inactive constituents which may be used in the scope of the present invention which in their entirety contribute to the activation of locally present cells for the purpose of tissue regeneration.
- “Chemotactic factors” are biologically active factors which are capable of “attracting” cells, for example cartilage precursor cells from bone marrow, autologous mesenchymal cells, progenitor cells and stem cells, to the area of treatment or to the location where the substrate according to the invention is located.
- “Differentiating factors” are biologically active factors, which are capable of inducing cell growth, in particular of the cells mentioned herein, and, concomitantly, the formation of new tissue.
- Surprisingly, it was possible to provide a substrate with means, which allows for the induction and control of invasion of tissue precursor cells from the surrounding tissues—in the case of the joint cartilage, this means from the bone marrow or synovium. This occurs by releasing the means contained in the substrate during treatment.
- FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of a substrate according to the invention, which is constructed in a sandwich-like manner. The reference numbers in FIG. 1 refer to the following items: 1—substance spread, 2—connecting channels to the bone marrow, 3—migration of precursor cells out of the bone marrow, 4—release of bioactive factors, 5—mesenchymal cells which are optionally genetically modified, 6—particles with bioactive factors, 7—covering layer, 8—layer composed of differentiating or tissue-forming factors, respectively, and 9—layer with chemotactic factors.
- For ease of reference, some of the common abbreviations used throughout the detailed description of the preferred embodiments and claims are listed in Table 1.
- The means used in the scope of the substrate according to the invention are capable of inducing and controlling the invasion of tissue precursor cells from surrounding tissues to the area of treatment. Normally, the means are substances which are capable of mobilizing, activating and/or attracting autologous mesenchymal cells, progenitor cells and stem cells. In particular, the means contain biologically active factors, such as, for example, chemotactic or chemotactic and differentiating factors. Preferred biologically active factors useful in the present invention include the following: growth and differentiation factors, including, for example, factors from the TGF-superfamily, FGF-family, PDGF, IGF, and EGF; cellular adhesion molecules, including, for example, integrin, CD44, selecting, and proteoglycans; synthetic peptides, including, for example, RGD-sequences, such as, arginine-glycine-aspartic acid; cytokines; chemotactic factors, including, for example, CDMP, CTGF, osteopontin, and NO-synthase blockers; or components of the extracellular matrix, including, for example, proteoglycans, fibronectin, and collagen.
- Furthermore, the means used according to the invention may comprise—depending on the purpose of use—the following components: enzymes or precursors thereof, including, for example, proteases, metalloproteinases, and cathepsins; inhibitors of enzymes, including, for example, THVIP, antibodies or synthetic blockers of the catalytic center; and anti-inflammatory additives including, for example, anti-inflammatory medications and/or factors.
- Further, the means may also contain autologous and non-autologous cells, such as, for example, mesenchymal cells, progenitor cells, stem cells and/or precursor cells, which may, in turn, release the corresponding factors.
- In a further embodiment, genes or bioactive factors may be transfected into the cells.
- In this context, the release of two or more components of the employed means according to the invention may occur simultaneously or sequentially and/or from two or more phases, components, and/or layers of the substrate or the structure, respectively. Further, the used means according to the invention and/or the structure used according to the invention may comprise facilities for a delayed release of the components.
- Further, the substrates according to the invention contain—in one embodiment necessarily and in a further embodiment optionally—suitable structures to allow for cell invasion in vivo and/or for the formation of a cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the used means, especially of the factors contained therein.
- The structures for in vivo cell invasion according to the invention and/or for the formation of cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the used means, especially of the chemotactic and/or differentiating factors preferably comprise hydrogels; sponges (e.g., made of collagen); wool or cotton wool-like materials made of polysaccharides (e.g., cellulose wool, cellulose cotton wool); natural or synthetic polypeptides (fibrin, polylysine); plaitings, tissues, or knitted fabrics made of fibers (e.g., fibers of resorbable polymers); cements (e.g., acrylate cement); bonding sheets (e.g., fibrinogen, coated hyaluronic acid sheets); ceramic materials; or a combination of one or more of these structures.
- The structures employed according to the invention and, hence, also the substrates according to the invention—may possess resorbable or non-resorbable properties. Structures showing resorbable properties, for example, comprise hyaluronic acids, preferably such with a molecular weight of 400-600 kD, poly-alpha-hydroxy acids, collagens, alginates, agaroses, fibrins, biological glass materials or combinations thereof. Structures with non-resorbable properties comprise, for example, ceramic materials or combinations of ceramic materials with structures which exhibit resorbable properties.
- Further, the substrate according to the invention may comprise a structure having several substructures. The substructures, which are able to store and release the means employed according to the invention or particular constituents of these means, comprise layers, droplets, spherelets, or surface coatings. Accordingly, it is, for example, possible that within a grid structure made of ceramic material, a hydrogel comprising a means according to the invention is implemented.
- Hence, the substrate according to the invention may be constructed as a structure in the shape of a sponge, in the form of beads, membranes, grids, cotton wools, bags and/or cushions, as a liquid, gel or as a multi-layered material. In the latter case, the substrate comprises, e.g., a wool-like polymer construction, such as, for example, polyglycolid, combined with hyaluronic acid and chemotactic growth factors, as, for example, osteopontin.
- In general, the substrates exhibit formable, spreadable or paste-like properties with elastic or plastic mechanical properties, and they are injectable.
- The substrate or, respectively, the structure contained therein, if present, may also comprise several phases and/or components and/or layers, which, in turn, may release two or more means.
- In a preferred embodiment, mesenchymal stem cells may be mixed with hyaluronic acid and are injected at the place of treatment.
- In a particular embodiment, the substrates may exhibit a structure in the form of a multi-layered material for the coverage of the joint surface, which at the underside is fitted with pins, hollow needles or an anchoring structure, such as a velcro fastener. Further, they may be constructed in a way that, at the underside, they release for example, cartilage-digesting enzymes—metalloproteinases, hyaluronidases, cathepsins. The pins, hollow needles or anchoring structure are preferably such that they are resorbable.
- In a further embodiment, mesenchymal stem cells and/or other connective tissue precursor cells, e.g., cells of the periostium and of the perichondrium, are injected with hyaluronic acid in a twin-syringe simultaneously or subsequently with separate syringes.
- The implantable substrates according to the invention have the capability to mobilize, activate and/or attract autologous mesenchymal cells, progenitor cells and/or stem cells and to stimulate these cells in a way that lets them proliferate, differentiate and/or mature. Genes or the above-mentioned bioactive factors may also be transfected into these cells.
- The manufacture of an implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of connective tissue, preferably cartilage, according to the invention is achieved by contacting a structure for the purpose of forming a cell matrix and/or the purpose of cell invasion in vivo and/or the purpose of release of constituents of the used means with at least one means for the activation of locally present cells for the regeneration of tissue, or by contacting differentiating factors and chemotactic factors, if the substrate according to the invention does not comprise a structure in the scope of the invention.
- The present invention also relates to a method of healing and/or protecting connective tissue, especially in the state of arthrosis, characterized in that the connective tissue is contacted with a substrate according to the invention.
- The term “connective tissue” in the scope-of the present invention comprises cartilage, bone, tendons and meniscus. In a preferred embodiment, when the method according to the invention is used for the healing and/or protection of cartilage, connecting channels within the subchrondal space of the cartilage are generated before the cartilage is contacted with the substrate.
- For example, when a cartilage healing and protection treatment takes place, such substrates may be cemented onto the surface to the joint by using fibrin or acrylate cement and the substrates may be fitted accordingly. The fibrin and acrylate cements employed are preferably administered with stored chemotactic growth factors, such as cartilage derived morphogenic protein or connective tissue growth factor. The substrates are brought in contact with the joint surface and are preferably cemented to form an artificial superclot using thrombin. Alternatively, the substrate according to the invention comprises, when using a twin-syringe, in one chamber the means according to the invention, e.g., differentiating and/or chemotactic factors and, in a second chamber, thrombin. In particular, the latter variant is used after a microfracture treatment was performed at the location to be treated, with the possibility of bringing the biologically active substances (means) into the superclot.
- The induction of the means and/or the release of the factors are preferably achieved from outside, for example, by magnetic fields, electrical impulses such as current or voltage, movement or the injection of substances.
- The substrates according to the invention are preferably implemented after the generation of channels, for example, into the subchondral space, for example by microfractures, drillings, stitches. The connecting channels or drillings between the marrow space and the joint space itself may be generated by a grid of needles which may be a constituent of the structure, or by a velcro fitting-like anchoring structure employed with a grid of needles lying underneath.
- The latter method in a preferred embodiment is characterized by the fact that when the connecting channels between joint space and bone marrow space are produced, a sticky cartilage-friendly layer is brought onto the arthrotic cartilage, and cells from the bone marrow are attracted and are developed into cartilage tissue in the surrounding area, which temporarily provides nutrition and positive influence within the cemented layer. By doing so, substrates which are capable of providing connections between the joint space and the bone marrow space by multiple preformed tiny drillings and/or channels are employed, by means of which the invasion of tissue precursor cells from the surrounding tissues is induced and structures for the formation of cell matrix are enabled. It is a property of the above-mentioned method that the substrate comprises structures and/or means which are able to cover a joint's surface, preferably in several layers, thereby inducing the growth and maturation of cartilage precursor cells from bone marrow.
- The substrate according to the invention exhibits a combination of known elements (mesenchymal cells, progenitor cells, stem cells, precursor cells from bone marrow and/or bioactive factors) and new elements (connecting channels between bone marrow space and joint space; multi-layered materials for covering the joint to induce growth and maturation of cartilage precursor cells from bone marrow; and artificial superclot) which mutually influence and, by means of their new effect, provide a synergistic effect and the desired success, which lies in the fact that cells from bone marrow can now be attracted and develop into cartilage tissue within the substrate according to the invention, e.g., in multi-layered substrates for the coverage of the joint surface. By using the substrate according to the invention, it is possible to minimize the external breeding and subsequent transplantation of the bred cells into the patients, preferably the latter process can be completely replaced.
- The use of the substrates according to the invention is embodied by their employment in surgical medicine and tissue engineering, in particular in the field of cartilage healing and protection in the state of arthrosis, as well as their use for the purpose of proliferation, differentiation and maturation of cells.
- The invention shall be further explained by means of working examples.
- In order to treat a substantially arthrotically deformed joint surface, first small connections between the bone marrow space and the joint space are generated by using multiple tiny drillings of 1 to 2 mm. Subsequently, a wool-like polymer construct (polyglycolid) combined with hyaluronic acid and chemotactic growth factors (osteopontin) are glued onto the joint surface using fibrin or acrylate cement.
- In order to treat the joint surface shown in Example 1, after the generation of the connections to the bone marrow space, fibrin cement with stored chemotactic growth factors (cartilage derived morphogenetic protein or connective tissue growth factor) is spread over the joint's surface and is cemented using thrombin (artificial superclot).
TABLE 1 List of abbreviations CD44 cluster of differentiation CDMP cartilage derived morphogenetic protein CTGF connective tissue growth factor EGF epidermal growth factor FGF fibroblast growth factor IGF insulin-like growth factor NO-synthase-inhibitor nitrogen oxide synthase inhibitor NSAID non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs PDGF platelet derived growth factor (growth factor formed by thrombocytes RGD-sequences arginine-glycine-aspartic acid sequences PVC polyvinyl chloride TGF-β-superfamily transforming growth factor beta superfamily TIMP tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases.
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1. Implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage, comprising at least one means for the activation of locally present cells for tissue regeneration and at least one structure for cell invasion in vivo and/or for the formation of cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the employed means.
2. Substrate according to claim 1 in which the at least one means contains chemotactic factors or differentiating factors and chemotactic factors.
3. Implantable substrate for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage, comprising at least one means which contains differentiating factors and chemotactic factors.
4. Substrate according to claim 1 , characterized in that it comprises at least one covering material.
5. Substrate according to claim 2 , characterized in that it comprises at least one covering material.
6. Substrate according to claim 1 , characterized in that structures comprise at least one constituent (a) to (g):
a) hydrogels
b) sponges, collagen sponges
c) wool/cotton wool made of polysaccharides, cellulose wool, cellulose cotton wool
d) natural or synthetic polypeptides, fibrin, polylysine
e) plaitings, knitted fabrics or woolen structures made of fibers, preferably fibers comprising resorbable polymers
f) cement pastes, acrylate cements, bonding sheets, fibrinogen-covered hyaluronic acid foil, or
g) ceramic materials.
7. Substrate according to claim 2 , characterized in that structures comprise at least one constituent (a) to (g):
a) hydrogels
b) sponges, collagen sponges
c) wool/cotton wool made of polysaccharides, cellulose wool, cellulose cotton wool
d) natural or synthetic polypeptides, fibrin, polylysine
e) plaitings, knitted fabrics or woolen structures made of fibers, preferably fibers comprising resorbable polymers
f) cement pastes, acrylate cements, bonding sheets, fibrinogen-covered hyaluronic acid foil, or
g) ceramic materials.
8. Substrate according to claim 1 , characterized in that the at least one means contains a biologically active factor, chosen from the group consisting of:
growth and differentiating factors, cellular adhesion molecules, synthetic peptides, cytokines, chemotactic factors and extracellular matrix components.
9. Substrate according to claim 3 , characterized in that the at least one means contains a biologically active factor, chosen from the group consisting of:
growth and differentiating factors, cellular adhesion molecules, synthetic peptides, cytokines, chemotactic factors and extracellular matrix components.
10. Substrate according to claim 7 , characterized in that the at least one means contains a biologically active factor, chosen from the group consisting of:
growth and differentiating factors, cellular adhesion molecules, synthetic peptides, cytokines, chemotactic factors and extracellular matrix components.
11. Substrate according to claim 1 , characterized in that it further comprises an anchoring structure for the anchoring of the substrates in or on the location to be treated.
12. Substrate according to claim 3 , characterized in that it further comprises an anchoring structure for the anchoring of the substrates in or on the location to be treated.
13. Substrate according to claim 8 , characterized in that it further comprises an anchoring structure for the anchoring of the substrates in or on the location to be treated.
14. Method for the manufacture of implantable substrates for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage, according to claim 1 , characterized in that a structure for the formation of cell matrix and at least one means for the activation of locally present cells for the regeneration of tissue are contacted with each other or that differentiating factors and chemotactic factors are contacted with each other.
15. Method for the manufacture of implantable substrates for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage, according to claim 3 , characterized in that a structure for the formation of cell matrix and at least one means for the activation of locally present cells for the regeneration of tissue are contacted with each other or that differentiating factors and chemotactic factors are contacted with each other.
16. Method for the manufacture of implantable substrates for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage, according to claim 6 , characterized in that a structure for the formation of cell matrix and at least one means for the activation of locally present cells for the regeneration of tissue are contacted with each other or that differentiating factors and chemotactic factors are contacted with each other.
17. Method for the manufacture of implantable substrates for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, preferably cartilage, according to claim 8 , characterized in that a structure for the formation of cell matrix and at least one means for the activation of locally present cells for the regeneration of tissue are contacted with each other or that differentiating factors and chemotactic factors are contacted with each other.
18. Method for the healing of connective tissue and/or protection thereof, characterized in that the connective tissue is contacted with a substrate according to claim 14 .
19. Method for the healing of connective tissue and/or protection thereof, characterized in that the connective tissue is contacted with a substrate according to claim 15 .
20. Method for the healing of connective tissue and/or protection thereof, characterized in that the connective tissue is contacted with a substrate according to claim 16 .
21. Method according to claim 17 , characterized in that the connective tissue is cartilage and that before contacting the cartilage with the substrate, connecting channels into the subchondral space of the cartilage are produced.
22. Method according to claim 18 , characterized in that the connective tissue is cartilage and that before contacting the cartilage with the substrate, connecting channels into the subchondral space of the cartilage are produced.
23. Method according to claim 19 , characterized in that the connective tissue is cartilage and that before contacting the cartilage with the substrate, connecting channels into the subchondral space of the cartilage are produced.
24. Use of a substrate obtained by a method according to claim 14 , in surgical medicine and tissue engineering.
25. Use of a substrate obtained by a method according to claim 15 , in surgical medicine and tissue engineering.
26. Use of a substrate obtained by a method according to claim 16 , in surgical medicine and tissue engineering.
27. A method for the manufacture of implantable substrates for the healing and/or protection of connecting tissue, said substrate comprising:
a composition comprising biologically active factors (i), (ii), and (iii), wherein
(i) is a growth and differentiating factor,
(ii) is a chemotactic factor, and
(iii) is a cellular adhesion molecule; and
at least one structure for cell invasion in vivo and/or for the formation of cell matrix and/or for the release of constituents of the employed composition, wherein said structure comprises at least one constituent (a) to (f):
(a) a hydrogel,
(b) a compound selected from the group consisting of sponges, collagen sponges,
(c) a compound selected from the group consisting of wool, a cotton wool-like structure, wool made of polysaccharides, cellulose wool, and cellulose cotton wool,
(d) a compound selected from the group consisting of natural or synthetic polypeptides, fibrin, and polylysine,
(e) a compound selected from the group consisting of plaitings, knitted fabrics, woolen structures made of fibers, and fibers comprising resorbable polymers,
(f) a compound selected from the group consisting of cement pastes, acrylate cements, bonding sheets, and fibrinogen-covered hyaluronic acid foil, comprising at least one of the following steps:
(i) bringing said structure into contact with at least said above defined composition
or
(ii) bringing said biologically active factors (i), (ii), and (iii) of said composition into contact with said above defined structure.
28. The method of claim 27 , wherein said connecting tissue comprises cartilage.
29. The method according to claim 27 , wherein the step of bringing said substrate into contact with said composition comprises bringing said structure into contact with at least one biologically active factor chosen from the group consisting of synthetic peptides, cytokines, and extra cellular matrix components.
30. The method of claim 29 , characterized in that said connecting tissue comprises cartilage.
31. A method of healing and/or protection of connective tissue, comprising contacting said connective tissue with a substrate manufactured according to the method of claim 27 .
32. A method of healing and/or protection of connective tissue, comprising contacting said connective tissue with a substrate manufactured according to the method of claim 29 .
33. The method according to claim 31 , wherein said connective tissue comprises cartilage, and the method further includes the step of producing connecting channels into the subchondral space of the cartilage before contacting said connective tissue with said substrate.
34. The method according to claim 32 , wherein said connective tissue comprises cartilage, and the method further includes the step of producing connecting channels into the subchondral space of the cartilage before contacting said cartilage with said substrate.
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