Patents by Inventor Andrew Yeatts

Andrew Yeatts 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).

  • Tubular bioreactor system for use in bone and cartilage tissue engineering
    Patent number: 9260686
    Abstract: A bioreactor system includes a growth chamber having an inlet, an outlet, and defining a cavity, a media reservoir is in fluid communication with the inlet, and a pump configured to perfuse a media from the reservoir into the inlet and through the growth chamber. A plurality of discrete scaffold members is packed within the growth cavity. Spaces between adjacent scaffold members define pores. The media is movable around the scaffold members and through the pores via the pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: John Patrick Fisher, Andrew Yeatts, Elyse Geibel
  • Tubular Bioreactor System for Use in Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering
    Publication number: 20120122208
    Abstract: A bioreactor system includes a growth chamber having an inlet, an outlet, and defining a cavity, a media reservoir is in fluid communication with the inlet, and a pump configured to perfuse a media from the reservoir into the inlet and through the growth chamber. A plurality of discrete scaffold members is packed within the growth cavity. Spaces between adjacent scaffold members define pores. The media is movable around the scaffold members and through the pores via the pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: John Patrick Fisher, Andrew Yeatts, Elyse Geibel