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US 8,012,500 B2Granted
Implantable device
AssigneeBeta-O2 Technologies Ltd.
InventorsAvi Rotem, Yoav Evron, Pnina Vardi, Konstantin Bloch
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Abstract
Apparatus is provided including a chamber, which is adapted to be implanted in a body of an individual, the chamber including functional cells and chlorophyll-containing elements comprising chlorophyll of an obligate photoautotroph.
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Apparatus comprising:
- a chamber, which is adapted to be implanted subcutaneously in a body of an individual, the chamber comprising therein functional cells isolated by the chamber;
- an oxygen-provision-facilitating container, adapted to be placed outside the body in a vicinity of skin of the individual, and to convey oxygen through the skin to the functional cells;
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- a treatment unit adapted to treat the skin of the individual in a manner that facilitates oxygen transport therethrough.
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Apparatus for use with functional cells, the apparatus comprising:
- a chamber, which is adapted to be implanted subcutaneously in a body of an individual, and to hold the functional cells isolated by the chamber;
- an oxygen-provision-facilitating container, adapted to be placed outside the body in a vicinity of skin of the individual, and to convey oxygen through the skin to the functional cells;
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- a treatment unit adapted to treat the skin of the individual in a manner that facilitates oxygen transport therethrough.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.