MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CHAMBER FOR HOUSING A BIOLOGICAL COMPONENT

摘要

The present invention relates to the field of extracorporeal liver perfusion and, more particularly, to the design of a chamber in which a biological component can be housed to form e.g. a bio-artificial liver (BAL). It also relates to a bio- artificial liver per se, it's components and methodological steps associated with its development and use. The chamber (10) for the biological component (100) of a bio-artificial liver (200) is configured to allow: Proliferation of the biological component, in situ; Cryopreservation of the biological component, in situ, and Perfusion of the biological component, in situ.