Patents by Inventor Mark Charles Zimmerman

Mark Charles Zimmerman 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).

  • Porous tissue scaffolds for the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue
    Publication number: 20040146544
    Abstract: The present invention provides synthetic, biocompatible, bioabsorbable, porous foam tissue scaffolds possessing physicochemical properties suitable for use in the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue and to methods of preparing such foam scaffolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Murty Narayan Vyakamam, Mark Charles Zimmerman, Anna Gosiewska
  • Porous tissue scaffolds for the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue
    Patent number: 6712850
    Abstract: The present invention is a synthetic, biocompatible, bioabsorbable, porous foam tissue scaffolds possessing physicochemical properties suitable for use in the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue and to methods of preparing the foam scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Ethicon, Inc.
    Inventors: Murty Narayan Vyakarnam, Mark Charles Zimmerman, Anna Gosiewska
  • Porous tissue scaffolds for the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue
    Publication number: 20030105525
    Abstract: The present invention provides synthetic, biocompatible, bioabsorbable, porous foam tissue scaffolds possessing physicochemical properties suitable for use in the repair and regeneration of dermal tissue and to methods of preparing such foam scaffolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Murty Narayan Vyakamam, Mark Charles Zimmerman, Anna Gosiewska
  • Attachment of absorbable tissue scaffolds to scaffold fixation devices
    Publication number: 20020183858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tissue scaffold implant devices useful in the repair and/or regeneration of diseased and/or damaged musculoskeletal tissue and that include a foam tissue scaffold component fixedly attached to a scaffold fixation component via partial encapsulation of the fixation component by the foam scaffold component, and to methods of making such tissue scaffold implant devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph H. Contiliano, Joseph John Hammer, Alireza Rezania, Angelo G. Scopelianos, Murty Narayan Vyakarnam, Mark Charles Zimmerman
  • Implantable biodegradable devices for musculoskeletal repair or regeneration
    Publication number: 20020119179
    Abstract: An implantable biodegradable device is disclosed containing a fibrous matrix, the fibrous matrix being constructed from fibers A and fibers B, wherein fibers A biodegrade faster than fibers B, fibers A and fibers B are present in relative amounts and are organized such that the fibrous matrix is provided with properties useful in repair and/or regeneration of mammalian tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Alireza Rezania, Joseph John Hammer, Iksoo Chun, Mark Charles Zimmerman, Mora Carolynne Melican