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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:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Sittinger, D-15831 Grossziethen, DE;
Olaf Schultz, D-10119 Berlin, DE;
Gerd R Burmester, D-12277 Berlin, DE;
Thomas E Haupl, D-15537 Erkner, DE;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435174 ; 435325 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to new artificial tissues which comprise three-dimensional extracellular matrixes (ECM) in cross-linkable structures, cell interaction systems for inducing artificial three-dimensional tissues and which comprise genetically manipulated cells releasing immunosuppressive or cell-differentiating factors. The tissues according to the invention are suitable for producing vital transplants and for establishing models of diseases.