ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,670, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ViaCyte Inc. (San Diego).
"Instruments and methods for loading cells into implantable devices" was invented by Chad Green (San Diego), Laura Martinson (San Diego), Erik Olson (San Diego), Val Anthony Bellora (San Diego), Leah Elliott (San Diego), Richard Alexander Grant (San Diego), Donald Koenig (San Diego) and Giacomo Strollo (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein describe tools, instruments and methods for aseptic loading, dispensing and/or delivering cells into an implantable device and aseptically and selectively sealing a device inside a sterile package as well as an...