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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120070466 | Conjugated Polymeric Material and Uses Thereof Disclosed are compositions comprising collagen covalently bound to particles, wherein covalent bonds are formed between reactive groups of the collagen and reactive groups of the particles, and wherein the particles have an average particle diameter ranging from 20 to 1... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053322 | PASSIVE METHODS FOR ANTI-MICROBIAL BIOLOGICAL MESHES Tissue matrices having anti-microbial properties are provided. In certain embodiments, the tissue matrices include cationic anti-microbial agents that form a stable bond with the tissue matrices without adversely affecting the biologic properties of the tissue matrices.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053080 | PROTEIN MARKERS IDENTIFICATION FOR GASTRIC CANCER DIAGNOSIS Methods for detecting cancer as well as methods of diagnosis of cancer by detecting proteins secreted into biological fluids are disclosed The invention was first applied to detecting proteins secreted into serum and urine However, it is understood that the methods have... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120046737 | MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING ACTIVATED SURFACES Implantable biocompatible polymeric medical devices include a substrate with an acid or base-modified surface which is subsequently modified to include click reactive members.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040119 | NOVEL COLLAGEN MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING SAME The invention relates to novel collagen materials and, specifically, collagen membranes, tubes and threads. Said materials combine enhanced properties of resilience and strength. The invention also relates to a method for preparing collagen materials using acid fibrous ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120027814 | Polymeric Fibers Having Tissue Reactive Members A method for bonding a polymeric fiber to tissue is provided which includes providing a polymeric fiber having a plurality of tissue reactive members linked to a surface of the fiber via a specific binding pair, and contacting the polymeric fiber to biological tissue, t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027872 | APPARATUS FOR SEALING A PUNCTURE BY CAUSING A REDUCTION IN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE PUNCTURE Apparatus is provided for sealing a vascular puncture by causing a reduction in the circumference of the puncture tract through delivery of a closure agent into tissue surrounding the puncture tract. A resultant inflammatory response and volumetric increase cause the ti... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120029150 | CROSSLINKED FIBERS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME BY EXTRUSION The present disclosure relates to a method of forming fibers. First and second precursors, each possessing a core and at least one functional group known to have click reactivity, are mixed. The mixed precursors are then extruded under heat to cross-link during fiber pr... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027732 | THERMOREVERSIBLE COLLAGEN This invention relates to collagen formulations. More particularly, this invention relates to thermoreversible collagen formulations and methods of their use and preparation.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120022233 | COLLAGEN IMPLANT The invention relates to a highly pure collagen, its use as an implant and a method for its preparation, the method comprising subjecting a sample comprising collagen to at least one alkaline treatment step in an alkaline solution at a pH>12 and at least one cleaning... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021063 | CROSSLINKED MATERIAL COMPRISING ELASTIN AND COLLAGEN, AND USE THEREOF To provide a collagen/elastin crosslinked material capable of satisfactorily corresponding to various uses such as medical materials including an artificial dermis and scaffolding materials for cell culture. The collagen/elastin crosslinked material is obtained by cross... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120010728 | METHOD FOR SHAPING TISSUE MATRICES Methods for shaping tissue matrices are provided. The methods can be used to produce shaped tissue products that retain desired biologic properties without using chemical crosslinking agents.... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110318421 | SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZED CERAMIC NANOPARTICLES The present disclosure is directed to surface functionalized ceramic nanoparticles. The method for producing the surface functionalized ceramic nanoparticles generally includes at least four distinct steps: 1) synthesis of an amphiphilic surfactant having the desired su... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110306754 | Aligned Polymers Including Bonded Substrates The present disclosure relates to the present disclosure relates to a method of fabricating an aligned polymer containing a bonded substrate and related compositions. The method involved placing a polymer in solution which is capable of alignment wherein the polymer is ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110306755 | HUMAN PLACENTAL COLLAGEN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME The present invention provides compositions comprising human placental telopeptide collagen, methods of preparing the compositions, methods of their use and kits comprising the compositions. The compositions, kits and methods are useful, for example, for augmenting or r... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301131 | Drug Delivery Implants and Processes for Their Preparation The invention discloses an implant suitable for delivery of at least one drug, the implant comprising a fibrillar collagen matrix having, as measured in Example 1, a viscosity of greater than 100 mPas, optionally greater than 103 mPas, further optionally greater than 10... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110288026 | Electroprocessed Collagen and Tissue Engineering The invention is directed to formation and use of electroprocessed collagen, including use as an extracellular matrix and, together with cells, its use in forming engineered tissue. The engineered tissue can include the synthetic manufacture of specific organs or tissue... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288274 | Designer collagens and use thereof The present invention identified a recombinant synthetic collagen containing a triple helical backbone protein produced in a prokaryotic expression system where the protein contains at least one ‘inserted’ biologically active sequence(s).... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110256303 | PROCESS FOR CROSSLINKING PROTEINS WITH DIHYDROXYACETONE A process for cross-linking proteins, according to which the crosslinking agent is dihydroxyacetone and the proteins are chosen from proteins from animal tissues, from milk or from blood, such as in particular casein, gelatin or collagen; proteins from cereals, such as ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110245466 | METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF POLYANIONIC DRUG-CARRIER CONJUGATES The invention concerns the method of production of a polyanionic macromolecule which is a protein built, among others, form polar amino acids (such as lysine, arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid), characteristic in that, that as a result of the reaction between amine... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110217460 | SELF-ASSEMBLING, COLLAGEN-BASED MATERIAL FOR CORNEAL REPLACEMENT A material derived from sea cucumber collagen fibrils is suitable for use in corneal replacements or as an implantable contact lens. To produce material, the collagen fibrils are centrifuged into orthogonal stacks of lamellae comprised of aligned fibrils. The resulting ... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110217750 | Dendrimers and Dendrimer Applications An activatable functionalised Nth generation dendrimer having: a core comprising a first monomer having at least two carboxylic acid functional groups; and N successive generations, where N=0 to 10, wherein each generation comprises: a second monomer having a... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110207671 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DOUBLE-CROSSLINKED COLLAGEN The present invention relates to double-crosslinked collagen materials, methods for preparing double-crosslinked collagen materials, and methods of using double-crosslinked... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110190813 | PHOTOACTIVATED CROSSLINKING OF A PROTEIN OR PEPTIDE A method of crosslinking a protein or peptide for use as a biomaterial, the method comprising the step of irradiating a photoactivatable metal-ligand complex and an electron acceptor in the presence of the protein or peptide, thereby initiating a crosslinking reaction t... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110177316 | LYZABLE MOLDED PARTS The invention relates to a method for producing a biodegradable molded part, comprising: providing a binding agent which contains a lyzable biopolymer; forming a molded part from the binding agent, wherein the time stability of the molded part to biological lysis is set... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110166325 | COLLAGEN FIBRILLAR CONSTRUCTION Methods and compositions are described for organizing collagen into fibrillar networks, e.g, short and long-range organization. Collagen produced by the disclosed methods can be used for tissue engineering.... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110137013 | NOVEL COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEIN CLAC, PRECURSOR THEREOF AND GENES ENCODING THE SAME A novel human collagen-like protein CLAC occurring in brain amyloid and its precursor CLAC-P; genes encoding the same; cDNA of mouse CLAC-P and its deduced amino acid sequence; antibodies specific to these proteins; and methods of diagnosing treating and preventing Alzh... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110117167 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR Compositions and methods for tissue repair are provided including cell binding peptides and growth factor binding peptides. The cell binding peptides bind to one or more of stem cells, fibroblasts, or endothelial cells. The growth factor binding peptides include platele... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110117168 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR Compositions and methods for tissue repair are provided including cell binding peptides and growth factor binding peptides. The cell binding peptides bind to one or more of stem cells, fibroblasts, or endothelial cells. The growth factor binding peptides include platele... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110077382 | Collagen Peptide Having Immune-enhancing Activity from Cyanea Nozakii and Preparation Method and Uses Thereof A collagen peptide with immune-enhancing activity from Cyanea nozakii, and a preparation method thereof are provided. The collagen peptide contains 80-90 wt % of proteins and 10-20 wt % of sugars, and has an average molecular weight of 1,000-3,000. Monosackcharides cont... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110064782 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION A decellularised collagen-containing matrix for guided tissue regeneration, wherein the matrix is derived from a natural tissue material and is substantially free of non-fibrous tissue proteins, cellular elements and lipids or lipid residues and wherein the matrix displ... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110060129 | NONCOVALENT COLLAGEN CROSSLINKING AGENT An object of the invention is to provide a collagen crosslinking agent superior in biocompatibility that is free from the damage by UV irradiation and also from the problems of toxicity caused by residual monomer or unreacted functional groups. 03/10/2011 | |
| 20110044928 | MICROPARTICLE FILM COMPOSITION The present invention provides a film composition effective for correcting irregularities on the skin surface, which has stretchability and flexibility as a result of crosslinkable protein microparticles in the film composition being crosslinked by transglutaminase, as ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110039767 | FOOD COMPOSITIONS The present inventors have found that collagen hydrolysate can be favorably used for the preparation of an edible composition for limiting voluntary food intake and hence are suitable for prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038914 | CORAL-DERIVED COLLAGEN AND METHODS OF FARMING SAME An isolated collagen fiber is disclosed, wherein a length of the fiber prior to stretching by about 15%, is identical to a length of the fiber following said stretching by about 15%. The fiber comprises a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic profile as shown i... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038828 | MATRIX COMPOSED OF A NATURALLY-OCCURRING PROTEIN BACKBONE CROSS LINKED BY A SYNTHETIC POLYMER AND METHODS OF GENERATING AND USING SAME A method of treating a disorder characterized by tissue damage is provided. The method comprising providing to a subject in need-thereof a composition which comprises a synthetic polymer attached to denatured fibrinogen or a therapeutic portion of the fibrinogen, the co... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110021753 | Method for Preparing Porous Collagen Matrices A method of preparing porous collagen matrices directly from connective tissues using an acidic solution substantially free of salt.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020298 | COLLAGEN-BINDING SYNTHETIC PEPTIDOGLYCANS, PREPARATION, AND METHODS OF USE This invention relates to collagen-binding synthetic peptidoglycans and engineered collagen matrices comprising a collagen matrix and a collagen-binding synthetic peptidoglycan where the collagen-binding synthetic peptidoglycan can be aberrant or can have amino acid hom... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021754 | BIOPOLYMERIC MEMBRANES This invention relates to a sheet membrane for repairing a damaged tissue. The membrane includes an isotropic layer of cross-linked biopolymeric fibers in which the fibers are 10 to 1,000 cm in length. This invention also relates to a method of making an isotropic layer... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110009327 | BIOACTIVE NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL The present invention relates to a porous inorganic/organic hybrid nanoscale composite comprising an enzymatically biodegradable organic polymer and a sol-gel derived silica network, its production and use as a macroporous scaffold in tissue engineering.... | 01/13/2011 |
