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Claims for Patent: 5,985,539


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Summary for Patent: 5,985,539
Title: Method of reconstructing animal organs
Abstract:The present invention relates to a method for reconstruction of animal organ which comprises perfusing a cell-dispersible solution to animal organ from vascular system and then perfusing a cell culture medium whereby the organ is reconstructed. According to the present invention, the organ can be reconstructed and cultured for long term without separating most of cells which constitute the animal organ.
Inventor(s): Takezawa; Toshiaki (Machida, JP), Hanai; Nobuo (Sagamihara, JP)
Assignee: Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP)
Application Number:09/112,211
Patent Claims:1. A method of reconstructing an animal organ comprising: perfusing the organ throuah its vascular system with a solution comprising a cell-dispersing agent for an amount of time sufficient to create a network of cavitized structures; perfusing the organ through its vascular system with a solution of a cell culture medium and a substance selected from the group consisting of serum, an extracellular matrix component and cultured cells; and culturing the organ or at least a slice of the organ.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein the animal is mammal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the animal is human.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the animal is mammal except human.

5. The method of culturing the reconstructed organ which comprises separating the animal organ reconstructed by a method of claim 1 from living body, transferring said reconstructed organ as it is or after being sliced to culture vessel and culturing.

6. The method according to claim 1 wherein the animal organ is in living body.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the animal organ is previously taken out of the living body.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the animal organ is liver, kidney, pancreas, spleen or lung.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the cell-dispersing agent is at least one substance selected from the group consisting of protease, enzyme which is capable of decomposing polysaccharides, enzyme which is capable of decomposing nucleic acid, and chelating agent.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the cell-dispersing agent is at least one protease selected from the group consisting of collagenase, trypsin, dispase, elastase, papain and matrix metalo protease.

11. The method according to claim 9 wherein the cell-dispersing agent is at least one enzyme selected from the group consisting of hyaluronidase and deoxyribonuclease.

12. The method according to claim 9 wherein the cell-dispersing agent is at least one chelating agent selected from the group consisting of EDTA and EGTA.

13. The method according to claim 1 wherein perfusing a balanced salt solution before perfusing a cell-dispersing solution whereby blood is removed from the organ.

14. The method according to claim 1 wherein the animal is previously administered anticoagulant for blood.

15. The method according to claim 14 wherein the anticoagulant for blood is added to at least one substance selected from the group consisting of a balanced salt solution and a cell-dispersing solution.

16. The method according to claim 1 wherein the cell culture medium contains at least one selected from the group consisting of serum and extracellular matrix component.

17. The method according to claim 16 wherein the extracellular matrix component is collagen.

18. The method according to claim 16 wherein the serum or the extracellular matrix component is derived from the animal of the same or different species.

19. The method according to claim 16 wherein the cell culture medium contains the cultured cells derived from animal of the same or different species.

20. A method of culturing a reconstructed organ, which comprises separating an animal organ reconstructed by the method according to claim 1 from a living body; transferring said entire reconstructed organ or said reconstructed organ after being sliced, to a culturing vessel; embedding said entire reconstructed organ or said reconstructed organ after being sliced in hydrogel containing extracellular matrix components; and culturing said entire reconstructed organ or said reconstructed organ after being sliced.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the hydrogel is collagen gel.

22. The reconstructed organ of the animal organ which is reconstructed by a method according to any one of claims 1 to 21.

Details for Patent 5,985,539

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated VITRASE hyaluronidase Injection 021640 05/05/2004 ⤷  Try a Trial 2017-07-10
Bausch & Lomb Incorporated VITRASE hyaluronidase Injection 021640 12/02/2004 ⤷  Try a Trial 2017-07-10
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. AMPHADASE hyaluronidase Injection 021665 10/26/2004 ⤷  Try a Trial 2017-07-10
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