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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:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kent C Cochrum, Davis, CA (US);
Susan A Jemtrud, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents Of The University Of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424423 ; 424424 ; 424426 ; 435-11 ; 435182 ; 623 11 ;
Abstract
A method for in situ dissolution of an alginate coating from transplants containing biological tissue cores by administering to a transplant's recipient a physiologically acceptable chelating agent in an amount sufficient to dissolve the alginate coating. The method allows in situ removal of the coating and deactivation of the transplant by rejection of its core by the host immune system without the necessity to perform a surgery.