Artificial pancreas

An artificial pancreas is described herein which comprises one or more viable and physiologically active pancreatic islet cells capable of producing insulin, encapsulated within a semipermeable spheroidal membrane comprising agar gel. Further disclosed are a method for producing agar microbeads, a t...

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Hauptverfasser:	MULLON CLAUDY JEAN PAUL, STEGEMANN JAN PHILIP, O'NEIL JOHN JOSEPH
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CULTURE MEDIA 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 ENZYMOLOGY FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS PROSTHESES SEPARATION SPIRITS THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	An artificial pancreas is described herein which comprises one or more viable and physiologically active pancreatic islet cells capable of producing insulin, encapsulated within a semipermeable spheroidal membrane comprising agar gel. Further disclosed are a method for producing agar microbeads, a tissue implantation method and a reseeding method for the artificial pancreas.