Implantable artificial organ and physiological monitoring system
Patent Number: 6750055
Date of First Priority Issue: Wednesday March 7th, 2001
Date Issued: Tuesday June 15th, 2004
Assignee: Biomed Solutions LLC (West Henrietta, NY)
Inventors: Connelly, Patrick R. (Rochester, NY); Weiner, Michael L. (Webster, NY)
From Class: 3D Culture/Scaffold
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This patent covers an implantable culture system that uses islet cells and/or stem cells for treatment of diabetes. What is interesting about this patent is that it actually involves a mechanism of detecting insulin so that the culture system and other additions to the body can be perform in order to maintain homeostatic insulin concentrations.
This patent is useful for small biotechs looking to enter the field of insulin therapy.
View this patent on the USPTO website.
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