Patents by Inventor Gusseppe Basta

Gusseppe Basta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Preparation and xenotransplantation of porcine islets
    Patent number: 8142769
    Abstract: The invention relates to developments in the treatment of diabetes in mammals. Particularly it relates to a method of preparing a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation capable upon xenotransplantation of producing porcine insulin in an appropriate recipient mammal, the method including or comprising the steps of: (I) harvesting the pancreas of piglets at or near full term gestation, and (ii) extracting pancreatic ? islet cells from the harvested pancreas wherein the islets (at least at some stage in the performance of the method) are exposed to nicotinamide. Further, the invention relates to a method of encapsulation of a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation, and transplantation of such a preparation, or a capsule containing such a preparation, into an appropriate recipient mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Diabcell Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Riccardo Calafiore, Gusseppe Basta
  • PREPARATION AND XENOTRANSPLANTATION OF PORCINE ISLETS
    Publication number: 20080279827
    Abstract: The invention relates to developments in the treatment of diabetes in mammals. Particularly it relates to a method of preparing a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation capable upon xenotransplantation of producing porcine insulin in an appropriate recipient mammal, the method including or comprising the steps of: (I) harvesting the pancreas of piglets at or near full term gestation, and (ii) extracting pancreatic ? islet cells from the harvested pancreas wherein the islets (at least at some stage in the performance of the method) are exposed to nicotinamide. Further, the invention relates to a method of encapsulation of a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation, and transplantation of such a preparation, or a capsule containing such a preparation, into an appropriate recipient mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: DIABCELL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Riccardo Calafiore, Gusseppe Basta
  • Preparation and xenotransplantation of porcine islets
    Patent number: 7323323
    Abstract: The invention relates to developments in the treatment of diabetes in mammals. Particularly it relates to a method of preparing a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation capable upon xenotransplantation of producing porcine insulin in an appropriate recipient mammal, the method including or comprising the steps of: (I) harvesting the pancreas of piglets at or near full term gestation, and (ii) extracting pancreatic ? islet cells from the harvested pancreas wherein the islets (at least at some stage in the performance of the method) are exposed to nicotinamide. Further, the invention relates to a method of encapsulation of a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation, and transplantation of such a preparation, or a capsule containing such a preparation, into an appropriate recipient mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Diabell Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Riccardo Calafiore, Gusseppe Basta
  • Preparation and xenotransplantation of porcine islets
    Patent number: 7122177
    Abstract: The invention relates to developments in the treatment of diabetes in mammals. Particularly it relates to a method of preparing a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation capable upon xenotransplantation of producing porcine insulin in an appropriate recipient mammal, the method including or comprising the steps of: (I) harvesting the pancreas of piglets at or near full term gestation, and (ii) extracting pancreatic ? islet cells from the harvested pancreas wherein the islets (at least at some stage in the performance of the method) are exposed to nicotinamide. Further, the invention relates to a method of encapsulation of a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation, and transplantation of such a preparation, or a capsule containing such a preparation, into an appropriate recipient mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Diabcell PTY Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Riccardo Calafiore, Gusseppe Basta
  • Preparation and xenotransplantation of porcine islets
    Publication number: 20040033216
    Abstract: The invention relates to developments in the treatment of diabetes in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: February 19, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Riccardo Calafiore, Gusseppe Basta