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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2005
Applicants:

Evgenia Mandrusov, Campbell, CA (US);

Albert K. Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

William Earl Webler, Jr., Escondido, CA (US);

Yan Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Robert D. Ainsworth, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Eugene Michel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Evgenia Mandrusov, Campbell, CA (US);

Albert K. Chin, Palo Alto, CA (US);

William Earl Webler, Jr., Escondido, CA (US);

Yan Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Robert D. Ainsworth, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Eugene Michel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 36/00 (2006.01); B01D 21/26 (2006.01); B01D 21/32 (2006.01); B01D 33/00 (2006.01); B01D 33/70 (2006.01); B01D 37/00 (2006.01); B04B 1/02 (2006.01); B04B 11/00 (2006.01); B04B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Numerous embodiments of a system and method for treating cardiac tissue are described. In one embodiment, bone marrow cells are extracted from a patient. The cells are then processed to isolate mononuclear cells, which can then be delivered back near the cardiac tissue of the patient.


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