Patents by Inventor Guiseppe Basta

Guiseppe 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).

  • METHODS FOR PREPARING XENOTRANSPLANTABLE PORCINE ISLETS
    Publication number: 20080070301
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of preparing a xenotransplantable porcine islet preparation capable upon xeno-transplantation of producing porcine insulin in an appropriate recipient mammal, the method including or comprising: (i) harvesting the pancreas of piglets at or near full term gestation, and (ii) extracting islets from a culture of the harvested pancreas using a suitable collagenase, (iii) the culture of the harvested pancreas being a) of mechanically reduced harvested pancreas, and b) a supportive mammalian albumin substantially free of non-human microbiological agents, wherein (at least some stage in the method) the islets are associated with Sertoli cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Applicant: DIABCELL PTY LTD
    Inventors: Robert Elliott, Guiseppe Basta, Giovanni Luca, Riccardo Calafiore
  • Preparation and xenotransplantation or porcine islets
    Publication number: 20040014212
    Abstract: The invention 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: (i) harvesting the pancreas of piglets at or near full term gestation, and (ii) extracting islets from a culture of the harvested pancreas using a suitable collagenase, (iii) the culture of the harvested pancreas being a) of mechanically reduced harvested pancreas, and b) a supportive mammalian albumin substantially free of non-human microbiological agents,wherein (at least some stage in the method) the islets are associated with Sertoli cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Guiseppe Basta, Giovanni Luca, Riccardo Calafiore
  • Preparation and xenotransplantation of porcine islets
    Publication number: 20030044391
    Abstract: The invention relates to developments in the treatment of diabetes in mammals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Bartlet Elliott, Riccardo Calafiore, Guiseppe Basta