Patents Assigned to Struthers, Mehta and Maxwell
  • Implantable artificial endocrine pancreas
    Patent number: 5702444
    Abstract: An implantable artificial endocrine pancreas comprising a reactive body of soft, plastic, biocompatible, porous hydratable material supporting a multiplicity of endocrine pancreatic islets in isolated spaced relationship from each other; and, a microporous barrier membrane enveloping and supporting the body, in spaced relationship from the pancreatic islets therein and through which molecules having a molecular weight greater than 60,000 Daltons cannot move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1997
    Assignee: Struthers, Mehta and Maxwell
    Inventors: Ralph C. Struthers, Devendra V. Mehta