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US 2003/0167054 A1Published application
Device for cell implantation
OwnerLawrence Rosenberg, Toshia Fujisatoinventors
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Abstract
A device for cell implantation has a housing containing a matrix which isolates the cells in the housing; the housing has a window which comprises a membrane which permits passage of nutrients for the cells into the matrix from a location externally of the housing; the housing has an injection port permitting injection of cells into the matrix in the housing. The device may be employed, for example, to facilitate islet implantation in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
Claims12
A device for cell implantation in a recipient comprising:
- a housing containing a matrix adapted to isolate in said housing cells having a desired biological function, at least one window in said housing, said window comprising a membrane permitting passage into said matrix of nutrients for said cells, and
- at least one port in said housing for injection of cells into said matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.