Patents by Inventor Heather Ann Beam

Heather Ann Beam 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).

  • Thermally modified microbial-derived cellulose for in vivo implantation
    Patent number: 8198261
    Abstract: A thermally modified microbial-derived cellulose material is described for use as an implantable material in general surgery, plastic surgery and neurosurgery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Xylos Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher James Damien, Gerry Ann Oster, Heather Ann Beam
  • Process for producing a dura substitute
    Patent number: 7510725
    Abstract: The invention relates to dura substitutes to be used as prostheses for dural defects in the field of neurosurgery and processes for producing the same. The present invention provides artificial dura mater materials comprising sheets of microbial-derived polysaccharide processed to have the necessary strength characteristics, conformability and physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Synthes USA, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher James Damien, Heather Ann Beam, Gerry Ann Oster, Frederic S. Wright, Gonzalo Serafica
  • DURA SUBSTITUTE AND A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20080213844
    Abstract: The invention relates to dura substitutes to be used as prostheses for dural defects in the field of neurosurgery and processes for producing the same. The present invention provides artificial dura mater materials comprising sheets of microbial-derived polysaccharide processed to have the necessary strength characteristics, conformability and physical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicants: XLOS CORPORATION, SYNTHES USA
    Inventors: Christopher James Damien, Heather Ann Beam, Gerry Ann Oster, Frederic S. Wright, Gonzalo Serafica
  • Dura substitute and a process for producing the same
    Patent number: 7374775
    Abstract: The invention relates to dura substitutes to be used as prostheses for dural defects in the field of neurosurgery and processes for producing the same. The present invention provides artificial dura mater materials comprising sheets of microbial-derived polysaccharide processed to have the necessary strength characteristics, conformability and physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Synthes (USA)
    Inventors: Christopher James Damien, Heather Ann Beam, Gerry Ann Oster, Frederick S. Wright, Gonzalo Serafica
  • Method and apparatus for engineered regenerative biostructures such as hydroxyapatite substrates for bone healing applications
    Patent number: 7122057
    Abstract: An engineered regenerative biostructure (erb) for implantation into a human body as a bone substitute, which includes an internal microstructure, mesostructure and/or macrostructure to provide improved bone in-growth, and methods for making the erb. Under one aspect of the invention, the biostructure has resorbable and nonresorbable regions. Under another aspect of the invention, the biostructure is constructed of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate and/or demineralized bone. Under yet another aspect of the invention, the porous biostructure is partially or fully infused with a resorbable, nonresorbable or dissolvable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Therics, LLC
    Inventors: Heather Ann Beam, Thomas J. Bradbury, Kathleen D. Chesmel, Christopher M. Gaylo, Alfred Anthony Litwak, Qing Liu, Peter Albert Materna, Donald Monkhouse, Jennifer Patterson, Timothy J. Pryor, Sunil Saini, Henry Leon Surprenant, Chen-Chao Wang, Thomas George West, Jaedeok Yoo
  • Method and apparatus for engineered regenrative biostructures such as hydroxyapatite substrates for bone healing applications
    Publication number: 20030065400
    Abstract: An engineered regenerative biostructure (erb) for implantation into a human body as a bone substitute, which includes an internal microstructure, mesostructure and/or macrostructure to provide improved bone in-growth, and methods for making the erb. Under one aspect of the invention, the biostructure has resorbable and nonresorbable regions. Under another aspect of the invention, the biostructure is constructed of hydroxyapatite, tricalcium phosphate and/or demineralized bone. Under yet another aspect of the invention, the porous biostructure is partially or fully infused with a resorbable, nonresorbable or dissolvable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: Heather Ann Beam, Thomas J. Bradbury, Kathleen D. Chesmel, Christopher M. Gaylo, Alfred Anthony Litwak, Qing Liu, Peter Albert Materna, Donald Monkhouse, Jennifer Patterson, Timothy J. Pryor, Sunil Saini, Henry Leon Surprenant, Chen-Chao Wang, Thomas George West, Jaedeok Yoo