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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. 21, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerard Marx, New York, NY (US);
Raphael Gorodetsky, Malha, IL;
Assignee:
Hadasit Medical Research Services & Development Ltd., Jerusalem, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530382 ; 424409 ; 424489 ; 435177 ; 435182 ; 435395 ; 530383 ; 530402 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides fibrin microbeads that are biologically active and comprise extensively cross-linked fibrin(ogen) without using glutaraldehyde, and a method for preparing the fibrin microbeads. The present invention also provides a composition comprising cells bound to the fibrin microbeads, and methods for culturing and separating cells using the fibrin microbeads of the present invention. Finally, the present invention provides methods for transplanting cells and engineering tissue using the fibrin microbeads of the present invention.