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(11) EP 0 762 874 A1

(12)

(43) Date of publication:
19.03.1997 Bulletin 1997/12

(21) Application number: 93902636.0

(22) Date of filing: 30.12.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61K 9/ 00( . )
(86) International application number:
PCT/US1992/010112
(87) International publication number:
WO 1994/015589 (21.07.1994 Gazette 1994/17)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(71) Applicants:
  • CLOVER CONSOLIDATED LTD
    CH-1002 Lausanne (CH)
  • SOON-SHIONG, Patrick
    Los Angeles, CA 90047 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • SOON-SHIONG, Patrick
    Los Angeles, CA 90049 (US)
  • DESAI, Neil, P.
    Los Angeles, CA 90036 (US)
  • HEINTZ, Roswitha, A.
    Los Angeles, CA 90025 (US)

(74) Representative: Fiener, Josef 
Patentanwälte Kahler, Käck, Fiener & Sturm P.O. Box 12 49
87712 Mindelheim
87712 Mindelheim (DE)

   


(54) CYTOPROTECTIVE, BIOCOMPATIBLE, RETRIEVABLE MACROCAPSULE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MATERIALS