Monty K Baird from Garden Grove, CA

Isolation Of Cells From Organ Tissue Using Sonication
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US Patent:

6489164, Dec 3, 2002
Filed:

Aug 10, 1998
Appl. No.:

09/131762
Inventors:

Brad Gray - Huntington Beach CA
Monty Kahn Baird - Garden Grove CA
Francis Lamberti - Irvine CA
Assignee:

Novocell, Inc. - Irvine CA
International Classification:

C12N 500
US Classification:

435378, 435325, 435379, 435380, 435381
Abstract:

A method for isolating specific viable cell types from surrounding organ tissue is provided. The method entails the use of sonication in conjunction with tissue dissociating agents to free the cells of interest. A specific application of the method is the isolation of the insulin producing tissue of the pancreas, the islets of Langerhans. The method results in a high yield of islets that maintain a high level of viability.

Isolation Of Cells From Organ Tissue Using Sonication
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US Patent:

58799397, Mar 9, 1999
Filed:

May 17, 1995
Appl. No.:

8/442587
Inventors:

Brad Gray - Huntington Beach CA
Monty Kahn Baird - Garden Grove CA
Francis Lamberti - Irvine CA
Assignee:

Neocrin Company - Irvine CA
International Classification:

C12N 500
US Classification:

435379
Abstract:

A method for isolating specific viable cell types from surrounding organ tissue is provided. The method entails the use of sonication in conjunction with tissue dissociating agents to free the cells of interest. A specific application of the method is the isolation of the insulin producing tissue of the pancreas, the islets of Langerhans. The method results in a high yield of islets that maintain a high level of viability.

Monty K Baird