Immobilized biological membranes

• US 5,919,576 A
• Filed: 11/21/1997
• Issued: 07/06/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Center For Cellular and Molecular Biology, Health Research Incorporated, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
• Original Assignee: Government of The USA Nat'L Institute of Standards, Health Research Incorporated
• Inventors: Rao, Madhusudhana, Plant, Anne, Hui, Sek Wen
• Primary Examiner(s): Nutter, Nathan M.
• Application Number:
  US08/975,842
• Time in Patent Office: 592 Days
• Field of Search: 428/545, 428/594, 428/615, 428/621, 428/622, 428/623, 428/624, 428/936, 428/938, 427/2.1
• US Class Current: 428/545
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/3604 characterised by the human or animal origin of the biological material, e.g. hair, fascia, fish scales, silk, shellac, pericardium, pleura, renal tissue, amniotic membrane, parenchymal tissue, fetal tissue, muscle tissue, fat tissue, enamel
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/38 containing added animal cells organs or tissue containing native cells A61L27/36
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 27/507 for artificial blood vessels apparatus for applying cells on a blood vessel prosthesis A61F2/062
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 30/00 Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites
• CPC Class Codes: B82Y 5/00 Nanobiotechnology or nanomedicine, e.g. protein engineering or drug delivery
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/545 Synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/553 Metal or metal coated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/936 Chemical deposition, e.g. electroless plating
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/938 Vapor deposition or gas diffusion
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12007 Component of composite having metal continuous phase interengaged with nonmetal continuous phase
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12347 Plural layers discontinuously bonded [e.g., spot-weld, mechanical fastener, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12493 Composite; i.e., plural, adjacent, spatially distinct metal components [e.g., layers, joint, etc.]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12549 Adjacent to each other
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12556 Organic component

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