Method and device for isolation of the islets of Langerhans

摘要

The invention relates to a method for the isolation of the islets of Langerhans from a pancreas, in which a liquid is continuously fed into the interior of the pancreas, the pancreas is exposed to a stream of digestion liquid and the islets isolated from the pancreas are separated from the remaining tissue on the basis of their dimensions and/or density. The invention proposes that a cooled perfusion liquid be fed into the interior of the pancreas (15), that the digestion liquid simultaneously act on the pancreas (15) from the outside and that the digestion process acting upon the islets carried along in the digestion liquid be interrupted downstream of the pancreas (15), the islets being isolated continuously from the digestion liquid and introduced into a cooled storage liquid. Moreover, the invention proposes a device for performing the method. <IMAGE>