Methods for coextruding immunoisolatory implantable vehicles with a biocompatible jacket and a biocompatible matrix core
First Claim
1. A method of making an immunoisolatory vehicle comprised of a core comprising living cells dispersed in a biocompatible hydrogel matrix, said cells being capable of secreting a biologically active product or of providing a metabolic or immunologic function to an individual, and an external jacket surrounding said core which is a biocompatible, permselective thermoplastic or hydrogel, said jacket being free of said cells, comprising coextruding:
- (a) a suspension comprising said cells dispersed in a biocompalible hydrogel matrix precursor, and(b) a solution of a biocompatible jacket precursor from a nested dual-bore extrusion nozzle, wherein the suspension of (a) is coextruded from the inner bore and the solution of (b) is coextruded from the outer bore of the nozzle, to form said jacket as the solution of (b) and the suspension of (a) are coextruded; and
(c) exposing the vehicle to a treatment that forms a core comprising a hydrogel matrix from the hydrogel matrix precursor of solution (a) and comprising a volume of at least 1 μ
l and at least 104 cells.
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Abstract
A method of making an immunoisolatory vehicle comprised of a core comprising living cells dispersed in a biocompatible matrix is disclosed, the cells being capable of secreting a biologically active product or of providing a metabolic or immunologic function to an individual, and an external jacket surrounding said core which is a biocompatible, permselective thermoplastic or hydrogel, said jacket being free of said cells, comprising coextruding a suspension comprising said cells dispersed in a precursor matrix material comprising extracellular matrix components or a biocompatible hydrogel precursor, and a solution of a biocompatible jacket precursor from a nested dual-bore extrusion nozzle, wherein the suspension of (a) is coextruded from the inner bore and the solution of (b) is coextruded from the outer bore of the nozzle, to form said jacket as the solution of (b) and the suspension of (a) arc coextruded; and exposing the vehicle to a treatment that forms a core comprising a volume of at least 1 μl and at least 104 cells and comprising a biocompatible matrix from the precursor matrix of solution (a).
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1. A method of making an immunoisolatory vehicle comprised of a core comprising living cells dispersed in a biocompatible hydrogel matrix, said cells being capable of secreting a biologically active product or of providing a metabolic or immunologic function to an individual, and an external jacket surrounding said core which is a biocompatible, permselective thermoplastic or hydrogel, said jacket being free of said cells, comprising coextruding:
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(a) a suspension comprising said cells dispersed in a biocompalible hydrogel matrix precursor, and (b) a solution of a biocompatible jacket precursor from a nested dual-bore extrusion nozzle, wherein the suspension of (a) is coextruded from the inner bore and the solution of (b) is coextruded from the outer bore of the nozzle, to form said jacket as the solution of (b) and the suspension of (a) are coextruded; and (c) exposing the vehicle to a treatment that forms a core comprising a hydrogel matrix from the hydrogel matrix precursor of solution (a) and comprising a volume of at least 1 μ
l and at least 104 cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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6. A method of making an immunoisolatory vehicle comprised of a core comprising living cells dispersed in a biocompatible matrix, said cells being capable of secreting a biologically active product or of providing a metabolic or immunologic function to an individual, and an external jacket surrounding said core which is a biocompatible, permselective thermoplastic or hydrogel, said jacket being free of said cells, comprising coextruding:
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(a) a suspension comprising said cells dispersed in a precursor matrix comprising extracellular matrix components or a biocompatible hydrogel precursor, and (b) a solution of a biocompatible jacket precursor from a nested dual-bore extrusion nozzle, wherein the suspension of (a) is coextruded from the inner bore and the solution of (b) is coextruded from the outer bore of the nozzle, to form said jacket as the solution of (b) and the suspension of (a) are coextruded; and (c) exposing the vehicle to a treatment that forms a core comprising a biocompatible matrix from the precursor matrix of solution (a) and comprising a volume of at least 1 μ
l and at least 104 cells. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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