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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan Philip Stegemann, Cambridge, MA (US);
John Joseph O'Neil, Marlboro, MA (US);
Claudy Jean Mullon, Framingham, MA (US);
Assignee:
Circe Biomedical, Inc., Lexington, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
623 11 ; 623 12 ; 424424 ; 435178 ;
Abstract
An artificial pancreas is described herein which comprises one or more viable and physiologically active pancreatic islet cells capable of producing insulin, encapsulated within a semipermeable spheroidal membrane comprising agar gel. Further disclosed are a method for producing agar microbeads, a tissue implantation method and a reseeding method for the artificial pancreas.