Several surgical procedures are used to deal with cartilage repair, but none of them result in completely healthy articular tissue. In 1994, a group of Swedish scientists, led by Dr. Peterson, introduced a new method for treating damaged articular cartilage – the autologous implantation of ‘in vitro’ cultivated chondrocytes.

Autologous serum is used for cell cultivation to minimize immunogenicity of the product and to avoid the danger of transferring contagious diseases.