Apparatus And Methods For Processing Tissue To Release Cells

• US 20100112696A1
• Filed: 03/20/2009
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Baxalta GmbH (Shire plc), Baxalta Incorporated (Shire plc)
• Original Assignee: Baxter Healthcare SA (Baxter International Inc.), Baxter International Inc.
• Inventors: Min, Kyungyoon
• Application Number:
  US12/407,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20100112696A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 435/381
• CPC Class Codes: C12M 45/02 by mechanical forces; Stirring; Trituration; Comminuting crushing, pulverizing, disintegrating in general B02C
• CPC Class Codes: C12M 45/09 by enzymatic treatment
• CPC Class Codes: C12M 47/04 Cell isolation or sorting purging biological preparations of unwanted cells C12N5/0081, determining the presence or kind of microorganism C12Q1/04

Abstract

An apparatus and methods for processing tissue to release biological material including cells are disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus for processing tissue to release cells from the tissue, comprising:

a first housing having an outer wall that has a selected shape, the first housing adapted to receive a tissue sample and the outer wall being sufficiently porous to allow passage therethrough of material including cells derived from the tissue;

a second housing that at least substantially encloses the first housing and has an outer wall having a selected shape and being spaced apart from the outer wall of the first housing so as to define a gap therebetween, the gap between the outer wall of the first housing and the outer wall of the second housing having either a uniform width or varying continuously in width; and

at least one of the first and second housings being movable to assist in processing of tissue in the first housing and passage of material including cells derived from the tissue through the porous outer wall of the first housing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the housings are adapted to fit into a base.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the base is adapted to move the first housing relative to the second housing.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the base is adapted to rotate the first housing relative to the second housing.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the base is adapted to hold the first and second housings at an angle of less than 90°

relative to a surface on which the base rests during processing.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second housing outer wall is substantially rigid.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the respective outer walls of said first and second housings are of a substantially cylindrical shape.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the outer wall of the first housing is sufficiently porous to allow passage therethrough of material including cells having a diameter of from about 5 to about 3000 μ

m.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the wall of the first housing is sufficiently porous to allow passage therethrough of material including cells having a diameter of about 200 μ

m.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first housing outer wall further comprises a mesh panel.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first housing is removable from the second housing.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is adapted to be linked to a system for processing cells.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the housings are adapted to receive a tissue-releasing agent in communication with the tissue sample.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the tissue-releasing agent is an enzyme.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the tissue sample is adipose tissue.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the material including cells further comprises stem cells.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an agitator movably disposed within the first housing.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the agitator comprises an auger rotatable relative to the first housing.

19. An apparatus for processing tissue to release cells from the tissue, comprising:

a first housing having an outer wall that has a selected shape, the first housing adapted to receive a tissue sample and the outer wall being sufficiently porous to allow passage therethrough of material including cells derived from the tissue;

a second housing that at least substantially encloses the first housing and has an outer wall having a selected shape that is substantially the same shape as the selected shape of the outer wall of the first housing or that varies continuously relative to the selected shape of the outer wall of the first housing; and

the first and second housings being disposed at an angle of less than 90°

relative to a horizontal plane and the first housing being movable relative to the second housing to assist in moving a fluid over the tissue in the first housing and passing material including cells derived from the tissue through the porous outer wall of the first housing.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the housings are adapted to fit into a base.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the base is adapted to move the first housing relative to the second housing.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the base is adapted to rotate the first housing relative to the second housing.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the second housing outer wall is substantially rigid.

24. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the respective outer walls of the first and second housings are of a substantially cylindrical shape.

25. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the first housing outer wall further comprises a mesh panel.

26. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the first housing is removable from the second housing.

27. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the apparatus is adapted to be linked to a system for processing cells.

28. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the fluid is a tissue-releasing agent.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the tissue-releasing agent is an enzyme.

30. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the tissue sample is adipose tissue.

31. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the material including cells further comprises stem cells.

32. The apparatus of claim 19 further comprising an agitator movably disposed within the first housing.

33. The apparatus of claim 32 wherein the agitator comprises an auger rotatable relative to the first housing.

34. A method for processing tissue to release cells from the tissue, comprising:

a. inserting a tissue sample containing cells into a first housing wherein the first housing has an outer wall having a selected shape and being sufficiently porous to allow passage therethrough of material including cells derived from the tissue sample and wherein the first housing is at least substantially enclosed by a second housing having an outer wall having a selected shape that is substantially similar to the selected shape of the outer wall of the first housing or that varies continuously relative to the selected shape of the outer wall of the first housing;

b. introducing tissue-releasing agents into at least one of the housings; and

c. moving at least one of the first and the second housings to process the tissue sample and to pass material including cells derived from the tissue sample through the porous outer wall of the first housing.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein the tissue-releasing agent is added to the first housing.

36. The method of claim 34 wherein the tissue-releasing agent is added to the second housing.

37. The method of claim 34 wherein the tissue-releasing agent is collagenase.

38. The method of claim 34 wherein the tissue sample is adipose tissue.

39. The method of claim 34 wherein the cells derived from the tissue sample include stem cells.

40. The method of claim 34 further comprising flowing the cells derived from the tissue sample out of the second housing to a collection device.

41. The method of claim 40 wherein a pump is used to flow the cells derived from the tissue sample out of the second housing to a collection device.

42. The method of claim 34 further comprising flowing the cells derived from the tissue sample to an apparatus for further processing.

43. The method of claim 34 wherein moving at least one of the first and second housings further comprises moving the first housing relative to the second housing.

44. The method of claim 43 wherein moving the first housing relative to the second housing includes rotating the first housing relative to the second housing.

45. The method of claim 43 wherein moving the first housing relative to the second housing includes shaking the first housing relative to the second housing.

46. The method of claim 34 further comprising an agitator placed within the first housing.

47. The method of claim 46 wherein the agitator rotates in one direction and the first housing rotates in an opposite direction.

48. The method of claim 34 wherein the respective outer walls of said first and second housings are of a substantially cylindrical shape.