Patent attributes
Methods are provided for treatment of several conditions of one or more body features, where the method comprises implanting an acellular soft tissue-derived matrix in, on, proximate to, or a combination thereof, the body feature, wherein the acellular soft tissue-derived matrix comprises a delipidated, decellularized adipose matrix. The delipidated, decellularized adipose tissue matrix is produced by delipidating an adipose tissue sample, followed by decellularizing the delipidated adipose tissue sample. The resulting matrix contains a proportion of lipids which is less than the proportion of lipids contained in a matrix produced by decellularizing an adipose tissue sample prior to delipidating. The delipidated, decellularized adipose matrix may be provided as particles, a slurry, a paste, a gel, an injectable form, or in some other form.
