Perfusion device with hepatocytes
US5043260A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 2, 1987 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 2, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12M29/16
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A perfusion device to grow and maintain hepatocytes including a chamber having a perfusion inlet and a perfusion outlet, a semipermeable membrane in the chamber defining separate perfusion and hepatocyte compartments, and hepatocytes in the hepatocyte compartment attached via oligosaccharide-lectin recognition linkage to a biopolymer support in the hepatocyte compartment.
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