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US 8,962,316 B2Granted
Choroid plexus device
AssigneeThe Invention Science Fund I, LLC
InventorsEd Harlow, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Robert Langer, Eric C. Leuthardt, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
Bone cages are disclosed including devices for biocompatible implantation. The structures of bone are useful for providing living cells and tissues as well as biologically active molecules to subjects.
Claims25
A device comprising:
- a bone cage at least partially forming an internal cavity,
- a semi-permeable component including a tissue coating comprising choroid plexus epithelial cells cultured on and supported by a scaffold, the semi-permeable component at least partially enclosing the bone cage, the semi-permeable component having one or more characteristics of a choroid plexus epithelium, and
- wherein at least one characteristic of the one or more characteristics of the choroid plexus epithelium is different from the characteristic in peripheral epithelium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.