APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING, SEEDING, CULTURING, STORING, SHIPPING AND TESTING TISSUE, SYNTHETIC OR NATIVE VASCULAR GRAFTS - Patent 0822978

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EP 0 822 978 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	11.02.1998 Bulletin 1998/07

(21)	Application number: 96911759.0

(22)	Date of filing: 09.04.1996

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 2/ 06^{( . )}
A61L 27/ 50^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 06^{( . )}

A61L 2/ 24^{( . )}
C12M 3/ 00^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 08^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1996/005151

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/034090 (31.10.1996 Gazette 1996/48)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

27.04.1995 US 19950430768

(71)	Applicant: ADVANCED TISSUE SCIENCES, INC.
	La Jolla, CA 92037-1005 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PETERSON, Alvin Jamul, CA 91935 (US) LANDEEN, Lee, K. San Diego, CA 92103 (US) ZELTINGER, Joan San Diego, CA 92122 (US)

(74)	Representative: Horner, Martin Grenville, et al
	Cruikshank & Fairweather 19 Royal Exchange Square Glasgow G1 3AE Scotland Glasgow G1 3AE Scotland (GB)

(54)	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING, SEEDING, CULTURING, STORING, SHIPPING AND TESTING TISSUE, SYNTHETIC OR NATIVE VASCULAR GRAFTS