| OPK BIOTECH LLC Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20110200981 | Polymerized Hemoglobin Media And Its Use In Isolation And Transplantation of Islet Cells - Solutions and suspensions comprising polymerized hemoglobin derived from human blood are disclosed. The solutions and suspensions may comprise cell culture medium, an enzyme (such as a protease), and/or a buffer. Processes of preparing the solutions and suspensions are also disclosed. The solutions and suspensions may be employed in methods of isolating mammalian cells, such as pancreatic islets, methods of preserving mammalian tissue and organs, methods of aiding the recovery of mammalian cells following their isolation, methods of maintaining mammalian cells, methods of propagating mammalian cells, and methods of treating a mammal with diabetes. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20100209532 | TARGETED OXYGEN DELIVERY VIA INTRAVENOUS OR INTRA-ARTERIAL INFUSION OF OXYGENATED POLYMERIZED HEMOGLOBIN SOLUTIONS - A method of delivering oxygen to a tissue, a blood vessel, an organ, or a region of an organ, under an ischemic condition, or prophylactically preventing occurrence of an ischemic condition, of a subject, comprising the step of administering to the subject an oxygenated hemoglobin solution, wherein the oxygenated hemoglobin solution includes polymerized hemoglobin, and wherein about 80% by weight, or greater, of the polymerized hemoglobin is oxyhemoglobin. | 08-19-2010 |