Bio-artificial pancreas for type ii diabetes intervention with no need of immunosuppression
OwnerTaylor G. Wanginventor
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Abstract
A vascularized bio-artificial pancreas for managing diabetes may include a capsule having a semi-permeable interwoven capsular membrane with tapered conduits, wherein the tapered conduits are smaller in diameter proximate to an outer surface of the semi-permeable capsular membrane and larger in diameter proximate to an inner surface of the semi-permeable capsular membrane; a capsular bead encasing a plurality of the capsules; and a capsular pouch encasing the capsular bead and designed to anchor the capsular bead to a transplantation recipient.
Claims10
A vascularized bio-artificial pancreas for managing diabetes, the vascularized bio-artificial pancreas comprising:
- a capsule having a semi-permeable interwoven capsular membrane with tapered conduits, wherein the tapered conduits are smaller in diameter proximate to an outer surface of the semi-permeable capsular membrane and larger in diameter proximate to an inner surface of the semi-permeable capsular membrane;
- a capsular bead encasing a plurality of the capsules;
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- a capsular pouch encasing the capsular bead and designed to anchor the capsular bead to a transplantation recipient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.