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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2001
Schalk Van Der Merwe, Pretoria, ZA;
Francis Sean Moolman, Pretoria, ZA;
Robert Paul Bond, Pretoria, ZA;
Adriaan Jacobus Van Wyk, Pretoria, ZA;
Schalk Van Der Merwe, Pretoria, ZA;
Francis Sean Moolman, Pretoria, ZA;
Robert Paul Bond, Pretoria, ZA;
Adriaan Jacobus Van Wyk, Pretoria, ZA;
CSIR, Pretoria, ZA;
Abstract
The invention provides a bio-reactor device and a method of cultivating live cells. The device comprises a holder which contains a matrix of porous foam material in whose interior live cells are anchored, the device comprising also a liquid contained in the holder. The liquid is an oxygen carrier and saturates the matrix, the liquid comprising a synthetic or semi-synthetic constituent. The method involves perfusing the oxygen carrier liquid through the matrix to deliver oxygen to the cells and to absorb carbo-dioxide from the cells.