Apparatus and method for collecting blood from an umbilical cord
Patent Number: 5993429
Date of First Priority Issue: Tuesday May 14th, 1996
Date Issued: Tuesday November 30th, 1999
Assignee: Childen's Hospital Medical Center of Northern California (Oakland, CA)
Inventors: Kuypers, Franciscus A. (El Cerrito, CA); Cole, Robert B. (Alamo, CA); Meyst, Richard P. (Valley Center, CA); Gorton, Lanny A. (San Diego, CA); Wright, James I. (Villa Park, CA)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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This patent anticipated the cord blood revolution and therefore claimed various devices and methods of collection of cord blood. Stem cells purified from cord blood are currently used for a variety of hematological and non-hematological disorders.
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