Freeze-dried blood cells, stem cells and platelets, and manufacturing method for the same
First Claim
1. A method for manufacturing freeze-dried blood cells, stem cells, and platelets, the method comprising the steps of:
- pre-treating a liquid selected from the group consisting of blood including blood cells, bone marrow fluid (hemopoietic stem cells), and platelets in blood plasma, with a solution containing saccharide, biopolymer, and acid and/or acid salt;
conducting granulation of said pre-treated liquid to yield granules of a first predetermined size, wherein the granulation is conducted by means of mixed spraying with a gas;
performing rapid cooling of said granules of the first predetermined size into a frozen product of a second predetermined size; and
drying said frozen product by sublimation of a water content therein.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing freeze-dried blood cells, stem cells and platelets comprising the steps of: pre-treating a liquid selected from the group consisting of blood including blood cells, bone marrow fluid (hemopoietic stem cells), and platelets in blood plasma, with a solution containing at least one substance selected from the group consisting of saccharide, biopolymer, acid and acid salt; conducting granulation of the aforementioned pre-treated liquid into a granules of a predetermined size; performing rapid cooling of the granules; and drying the resultant frozen material by sublimation of the water content contained therein.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for manufacturing freeze-dried blood cells, stem cells, and platelets, the method comprising the steps of:
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pre-treating a liquid selected from the group consisting of blood including blood cells, bone marrow fluid (hemopoietic stem cells), and platelets in blood plasma, with a solution containing saccharide, biopolymer, and acid and/or acid salt; conducting granulation of said pre-treated liquid to yield granules of a first predetermined size, wherein the granulation is conducted by means of mixed spraying with a gas; performing rapid cooling of said granules of the first predetermined size into a frozen product of a second predetermined size; and drying said frozen product by sublimation of a water content therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. Freeze-dried product of a solution containing saccharide, biopolymer, an acid and/or acid salt and a liquid selected from the group consisting of blood including blood cells, bone marrow fluid (hemopoietic stem cells), and platelets suspended in blood plasma;
- said freeze-dried product being formed from porous clusters possessing a size of 100 microns to several hundred microns and comprising from about 10 to approximately several hundred granules possessing a size of 10 microns to 200 hundred microns.
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15. A method for manufacturing freeze-dried blood cells, stem cells, and platelets, the method comprising the steps of:
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pre-treating a material selected from the group consisting of blood including cells, bone marrow fluid (hemopoietic stem cells), and platelets in blood plasma, with a solution containing saccharide, biopolymer, and acid and/or acid salt to yield a pre-treated liquid; conducting granulation of said pre-treated liquid to yield granules of a first predetermined size, wherein the granulation is conducted by means of mixed spraying with a gas; performing rapid cooling of said granules of a first predetermined size to produce clusters of a second predetermined size to yield a frozen product; and drying said frozen product by sublimation of a water contained therein.
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16. A method for manufacturing freeze-dried blood cells, stem cells, and platelets, the method comprising the steps of:
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preparing a container having a wall; preparing a pre-treatment solution containing saccharide, biopolymer, and acid and/or acid salt; pre-treating a material selected from the group consisting of blood including cells, bone marrow fluid (hemopoietic stem cells), and platelets in blood plasma, with the pre-treatment solution to yield a pre-treated liquid; conducting granulation of said pre-treated liquid in the container to yield granules of a first predetermined size, wherein the granulation is conducted by means of mixed spraying with a gas; performing rapid cooling of said granules of a first predetermined size in the container to produce clusters of a second predetermined size on the wall of the container to yield a frozen product; and drying said frozen product in the container by sublimation of a water contained in said frozen product.
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