Patent · US Expired

Cell culture device

US4242460A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
10References
18Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 26, 1978
Grant dateDec 30, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 26, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S623/915
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cell culture device for use, e.g., as an artificial pancreas, featuring, in various aspects, a semipermeable tube wrapped about a spool and mounted within a cylinder to form a cell culture compartment; an inlet and an outlet strand of the semipermeable tube being wrapped to form alternating adjacent coils to provide improved convective transport; and the semipermeable tube being wrapped to form helical coils to provide improved conductive transport.

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