Small tissue CCR5−MSCs for treatment of HIV

    公开(公告)号:US10918672B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US15481464

    申请日:2017-04-07

    摘要: A method of curing (or at least treating) HIV, by obtaining small tissue mesenchymal stem cells (stMSC) from adipose tissue of a patient with HIV or from a syngeneic donor or an immuno-compatible donor, wherein said stMSC are i) 4-6 μm in diameter, ii) pluripotent, and iii) have CD11b−, CD34−, CD45−, CD 29, CD 49, Oct 4 and SSEA 4 surface markers when harvested. Preferred sources are autologous adipose tissue. Next those stMSCs are gene edited to provide CCR5− stMSCs and optionally amplified by growth in culture and/or by cell selection for gene edited stMSCs and then re-introducing into the patient. Preferably, the CCR5− stMSCs will re-populate the patient with stem cells that can no longer act as latent HIV reservoirs and can differentiate into immune cells that are HIV resistant. If desired, the patient can be first treated, e.g., by radiation, to destroy the bone marrow cells before the re-introduction. However, this may not be necessary for patient who already has significant destruction of immunity by HIV.

    Surgical instrument with multiple instrument interchangeability
    89.
    发明授权
    Surgical instrument with multiple instrument interchangeability 有权
    手术仪器具有多种仪器互换性

    公开(公告)号:US09579090B1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-28

    申请号:US14189221

    申请日:2014-02-25

    摘要: The present invention provides a multi-function laparoscopic surgical instrument that meets niche needs in the expanding field of Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). A preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a sheath that may be inserted into a patient, wherein the sheath contains at least two interchangeable surgical instruments that may be advanced into or retracted from the patient through a single outlet in the sheath. It is intended for use in laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgical procedures, including intra-abdominal, intra-thoracic, intra-pelvic and arthroscopic MIS procedures, and is particularly well suited to single incision laparoscopic surgery and Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES).

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种多功能腹腔镜手术器械,其满足微创外科(MIS)扩大领域的特殊需要。 本发明的优选实施例包括可以插入到患者体内的护套,其中护套包含至少两个可互换的手术器械,其可以通过护套中的单个出口进入或从患者中退出。 它适用于腹腔镜和胸腔镜手术,包括腹腔内,胸内,骨盆内和关节镜下的MIS手术,特别适用于单切口腹腔镜手术和天然门静脉内镜手术(NOTES)。

    APPARATUS, SYSTEMS & METHODS FOR NON-CONTACT RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
    90.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS, SYSTEMS & METHODS FOR NON-CONTACT RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS 审中-公开
    生物材料非接触度流变测量装置,系统与方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170016878A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-19

    申请号:US15068126

    申请日:2014-09-15

    IPC分类号: G01N33/49 G01N11/02

    摘要: An acoustical non-contact levitation system and method for eliciting the deformation response of biological samples, coupled with the data analysis to yield quantitative measures of established time-dependent viscoelastic material properties. Embodiments allow for measurement to occur in near-real-time by way of a computer. In use, a biological sample is placed in an acoustic levitator, where it is induced to oscillate, such that material properties of the sample can be observed and analyzed by way of a camera and/or photodiode.

    摘要翻译: 用于引发生物样品变形响应的声学非接触悬浮系统和方法,加上数据分析,以产生建立的时间依赖性粘弹性材料性质的定量测量。 实施例允许通过计算机以近似实时的方式进行测量。 在使用中,将生物样品放置在声学漂浮器中,在其中它被诱导振荡,使得可以通过照相机和/或光电二极管观察和分析样品的材料特性。