Patents by Inventor Fred Cahn

Fred Cahn 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).

  • Collagen/glycosaminoglycan compositions for use as terminally sterilizable matrices
    Publication number: 20060008905
    Abstract: Compositions of cross-linked collagen and a glycosaminoglycan are provided which retain characteristics rendering them useful as tissue engineering matrices or scaffolds following terminal sterilization. Also provided are methods for producing these compositions and terminally sterilized matrices or scaffolds from these compositions as well as methods of using these matrices or scaffolds as tissue engineering devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Ralph-Heiko Mattern, Michael Pierschbacher, Fred Cahn, Juerg Tschopp, Timothy Malaney
  • Collagen/glycosaminoglycan matrix stable to sterilizing by electron beam radiation
    Patent number: 6969523
    Abstract: Compositions of cross-linked collagen and a glycosaminoglycan are provided which retain characteristics rendering them useful as tissue engineering matrices or scaffolds following terminal sterilization. Also provided are methods for producing these compositions and terminally sterilized matrices or scaffolds from these compositions as well as methods of using these matrices or scaffolds as tissue engineering devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph-Heiko Mattern, Michael D. Pierschbacher, Fred Cahn, Juerg Friederich Tschopp, Timothy Irvin Malaney