Device and method for producing and purifying exosomes
AssigneeFoundation for Cardiological Research and Education (FCRE)
InventorsGabriella Andriolo, Elena Provasi, Andrea Brambilla, Viviana Giovanna Lo Cicero, Sabrina Soncin, Lucio Barile, Lucia Turchetto, Marina Radrizzani, Giuseppe Vassalli
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Abstract
The invention discloses a device and method for producing and purifying exosomes from progenitor cells using a closed and sterile circuit having a pumping means and a plurality of serially connected processing stations.
Claims8
A device for producing and purifying exosomes from progenitor cells, wherein the device comprises a closed, sterile circuit having a pumping circuit and a plurality of serially connected processing stations, wherein
- a first processing station comprises a first culture medium containing said progenitor cells, which are cultured for the production of said exosomes;
- a second processing station comprises a second medium conditioned by the exosomes produced in the first processing station;
- a third processing station comprises a filter clarifying said conditioned medium;
- a fourth processing station comprises one or more hollow fiber cartridges concentrating the clarified conditioned medium by tangential filtration and a recirculator recirculating the concentrated medium for a subsequent concentration thereof;
- a fifth processing station comprises a formulation buffer diluting the concentrated medium;
- a sixth processing station comprises waste material output from said fourth processing station;
- a seventh processing station comprises a collector collecting the diafiltered-concentrated medium containing the purified exosomes;
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- an eighth processing station comprises a storage storing said purified exosomes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.