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US 6,582,391 B2Granted
Hybrid matrix implants and explants
AssigneeTranskaryotic Therapies, Inc.
InventorRochelle Mineau-Hanschke
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Abstract
An implantable device having a body of matrix material made up of insoluble collagen fibrils, and disposed therewithin (a) a plurality of vertebrate cells; and (b) a plurality of microspheres each of which consists primarily of one or more of the following materials: collagen, polystyrene, dextran, polyacrylamide, cellulose, calcium alginate, latex, polysulfone, or glass.
Claims20
An extracorporeal apparatus comprising:
- a composition comprising a body of matrix material comprising insoluble collagen fibrils, there being embedded within the body of matrix material (a) a plurality of cultured vertebrate cells and (b) a plurality of microspheres;
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- a means for shunting blood from an animal to the composition and then back into a blood vessel of the animal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.