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Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Claims for Patent: 9,657,271


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Summary for Patent: 9,657,271
Title:Method of isolating cells from a tissue in a mammal
Abstract: Solutions and suspensions comprising polymerized hemoglobin derived from human blood are disclosed. The solutions and suspensions may comprise cell culture medium, an enzyme (such as a protease), and/or a buffer. Processes of preparing the solutions and suspensions are also disclosed. The solutions and suspensions may be employed in methods of isolating mammalian cells, such as pancreatic islets, methods of preserving mammalian tissue and organs, methods of aiding the recovery of mammalian cells following their isolation, methods of maintaining mammalian cells, methods of propagating mammalian cells, and methods of treating a mammal with diabetes.
Inventor(s): Oberholzer; Jose (Winnetka, IL), Doubleday; Marc (Cary, IL)
Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL) Hemoglobin Oxygen Therapeutics LLC (Souderton, PA)
Application Number:13/755,091
Patent Claims:1. A method of isolating pancreatic islets from a pancreatic tissue in a mammal, comprising the steps of: a) contacting the pancreatic tissue of the mammal that includes the pancreatic islets a solution that includes polymerized hemoglobin derived from mammalian blood and a proteolytic enzyme; wherein the solution includes a concentration of between 5 and 15 g/dL of polymerized hemoglobin; and thereafter b) recovering the pancreatic islets from the mammalian tissue, thereby isolating the pancreatic islets.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the tissue is human pancreatic tissue and the polymerized hemoglobin is derived from human blood.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the polymerized hemoglobin derived from human blood is pyridoxylated.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the solution is oxygenated.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the contacting step is achieved by intraductal administration.

6. The method of claim 2, further including the step of washing the pancreatic islets with a cell culture medium to produce washed pancreatic islets.

7. The method of claim 6, further including the step of purifying the washed pancreatic islets by density gradient centrifugation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the solution further includes a cell culture medium.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the cell culture medium is RPMI.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the proteolytic enzyme is collagenase.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the solution further includes a buffer.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the polymerized hemoglobin is derived from human blood and is pyridoxylated.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the solution further includes a cell culture medium.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the proteolytic enzyme is collagenase and the cell culture medium is RPMI.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the solution is oxygenated.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the solution is oxygenated.

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