Patents Assigned to The Microsearch Foundation of Australia
  • Method of tissue repair
    Patent number: 6583117
    Abstract: A method for joining tissue comprising aligning and abutting edges of the tissue to be joined applying a biodegradable, biological solder or an analogue thereof, across the edges and exposing the solder to an energy source under conditions which provide transfer of energy from the source to the solder to cause the solder to bond to the tissue surface adjacent the edges to provide a weld holding the edges together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignees: The Microsearch Foundation of Australia, Macquarie Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Earl Ronald Owen, Rodney Ian Trickett, Antonio Lauto, Judith Margaret Dawes, James Austin Piper
  • Method of tissue repair
    Patent number: 6211335
    Abstract: A method for joining tissue comprising aligning and abutting edges of the tissue to be joined applying biodegradable, biological solder or an analogue thereof, across the edges and exposing the solder to an energy source under conditions which provide transfer of energy from the source to the solder to cause the solder to bond to the tissue surface adjacent the edges to provide a weld holding the edges together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignees: The Microsearch Foundation of Australia, Macquarie Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Earl Ronald Owen, Rodney Ian Trickett, Antonio Lauto, Judith Margaret Dawes, James Austin Piper