Apparatus for transportation of oxygen to implanted cells

Apparatus is provided which includes a housing (24), configured for insertion into a body of a subject. The apparatus includes functional cells (32) coupled to the housing (24) and a source of oxygen configured to supply oxygen to the functional cells. The apparatus further includes an oxygen delive...

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Hauptverfasser:	STERN, YAKI, ROZY, YORAM, BARKAI, URIEL, REINGEWIRTZ, MEIR, ROTEM, AVI
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	Apparatus is provided which includes a housing (24), configured for insertion into a body of a subject. The apparatus includes functional cells (32) coupled to the housing (24) and a source of oxygen configured to supply oxygen to the functional cells. The apparatus further includes an oxygen delivery interface (27) configured to receive oxygen from the source of oxygen, and to facilitate passage of the oxygen to the functional cells (32), while the housing (24) is disposed within the body of the subject. Other applications are also described.