Artificial pancreatic perfusion device

Details Artificial pancreatic perfusion device Artificial pancreatic perfusion device

1996-10-16

1998-04-21

Weiss, John G.

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Implantable prosthesis

Bone

623 11, 424424, A61F 204

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active

057413347

ABSTRACT:
An artifical pancreatic perfusion device comprising a hollow fiber having a porosity ranging from about 25 Kd to about 200 Kd. The hollow fiber has one end connected to a blood vessel for receiving blood and a second end connected to a blood vessel for returning said blood. Islets of Langerhans surround the hollow fiber. The hollow fiber and islets are surrounded by a housing comprising a semipermeable membrane having a pore size small enough to offer protection to the islets and host from immune reactive substances. Further disclosed is a method for providing and regulating insulin to insulin deficient individuals.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4378016 (1983-03-01), Loeb
patent: 5002661 (1991-03-01), Chick et al.

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