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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. 25, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hugo O Jauregui, Providence, RI (US);
Sharda Naik, Cranston, RI (US);
Henry Santangini, Cranston, RI (US);
Donna M Trenkler, Greene, RI (US);
Assignee:
Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435378 ; 435325 ; 435379 ; 435384 ; 435389 ; 435394 ; 435395 ; 435399 ; 435400 ; 435401 ; 435402 ; 435174 ; 435 29 ; 435-11 ;
Abstract
A perfusion device such as a liver assist device containing a housing defining a perfusion inlet and a perfusion outlet, a porous membrane structure mounted within said housing to define a perfusion compartment and an adjacent hepatocyte compartment, and porcine hepatocytes isolated from a porcine liver by retrograde perfusion.