Patents by Inventor Abel Z. Hastings

Abel Z. Hastings has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Perfusion bioreactors for culturing cells
    Patent number: 7767446
    Abstract: A bioreactor system comprising a multi-well platform including an array of bioreactor units. The bioreactor system comprises a perfusion unit and a fluid source unit fluidly interconnected by a pumping unit. The perfusion unit comprises a multi-well plate including a plurality of main chambers configured to house or contain a cell culture and in each bioreactor unit an independent cell study or experiment may be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company
    Inventors: Neil F. Robbins, Jon Rowley, Mark Quinto, Abel Z. Hastings, Bryan G. Towns, Bradley R. Snodgrass
  • Novel Technique to Fabricate Molded Structures Having a Patterned Porosity
    Publication number: 20080102438
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for fabricating molded structures having a radially organized pore structure. The molded structures are formed using a spinning-induced sedimentation technique such that sedimentation of a multi-component liquid suspension produces the internal geometry and porosity of the structure. The porous molded structures of the invention can be used in a number of applications including tissue and organ engineering, dialysis and phase separation membranes and water and liquid waste purification systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: Ioannis V. Yannas, Brendan Harley, Abel Z. Hastings, Alessandro Sannino
  • Scaffold Carrier Cartridge
    Publication number: 20070082390
    Abstract: A scaffold handling system comprising a multi-well carrier including an array of well units wherein, in each well unit, an independent scaffold or tissue slice may be held and a biological experiment may be performed. The carrier may include any number of well units. In operation, the scaffold handling system is configured and dimensioned to mate with a multi-well plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2006
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Abel Z. Hastings, Neil Robbins