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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Keith E Dionne, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Dwaine F Emerich, Providence, RI (US);
Diane Hoffman, Cambridge, MA (US);
Paul R Sanberg, Spring Hill, FL (US);
Lisa Christenson, New Haven, CT (US);
Orion D Hegre, Green Valley, AZ (US);
David W Sharp, St. Louis, MO (US);
Paul E Lacy, Webster Grove, MO (US);
Patrick Aebischer, Lutry, CH;
Alfred V Vasconcellos, Cranston, RI (US);
Michael J Lysaght, Greenwich, RI (US);
Frank T Gentile, Warwich, RI (US);
Abstract
A method of forming an implantable and retrievable immunoisolatory vehicle is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of first forming a jacket of biocompatible thermoplastic or hydrogel, and then loading the jacket with a core comprising a volume of at least 1 .mu.l and at least 10.sup.4 cells capable of secreting a biocompatible matrix comprising a hydrogel or extracellular matrix, said jacket having a molecular weight cutoff permitting passage of molecules thereacross to provide said biologically active product or said function.