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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2011
Applicant:
William G. Austen, Jr., Weston, MA (US);
Inventor:
William G. Austen, Jr., Weston, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/172 (2006.01); C12N 5/077 (2010.01); A61M 5/145 (2006.01); C12M 1/33 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0653 (2013.01); A61M 5/14526 (2013.01); A61M 5/1723 (2013.01); C12M 45/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to systems and apparatuses for improving quality and viability of biological material, such as harvested adipose cells, stem cells, or other cells or biological components, by treatment of the biological material with membrane-repairing/stabilizing agents or the like and/or mechanical removal of components, such as impurities and/or excess treatment agents. The present invention further relates to systems and apparatuses for transplanting tissue, such as adipose tissue.