5. Patient had a prior biologic reconstructive procedure (e.g. microfracture, mosaicplasty, chondrocyte transplantation) in the target knee at a location different from the defect location to be treated in the study. Prior biologic reconstructive procedures are accepted, if the previously treated defect is the same defect that is planned to be treated with NOVOCART® Inject plus (i.e. the prior method has failed) and these procedures were performed ≥ 24 months prior to screening visit 1.