Patents by Inventor Keith L. Kirkwood

Keith L. Kirkwood 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).

  • METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TEMPORAL RELEASE OF AGENTS FROM A BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLD
    Publication number: 20110038921
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for sequentially and separately reducing infection and/or inflammation and regenerating tissue at a lesion site, by contacting the lesion site with a biodegradable scaffold that first delivers one or more agents at the lesion site to reduce infection and/or inflammation and then delivers one or more agents to regenerate tissue at the lesion site after inflammation is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Xuejun Wen, Keith L. Kirkwood