Patents by Inventor Peter Joseph Emans

Peter Joseph Emans 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).

  • Method for improving cartilage repair and/or preventing cartilage degeneration in a joint
    Patent number: 8962666
    Abstract: The invention is in the field of methods for medical treatment. It provides an improved method for repairing damaged cartilage and/or preventing cartilage degeneration in tissue, in particular in a joint by administering a pharmaceutically active agent directly into the fat pad of a joint. The pharmaceutically active agent is preferably selected from the group consisting of agents that stimulate chondrogenic differentiation and/or cartilage matrix synthesis; agents that inhibit osteogenesis and/or hypertrophy, anti-inflammatory agents, agents that inhibit apoptosis of chondrocytes, agents that inhibit senescence of chondrocytes and agents that enhance lubrication of a joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Maastricht University, Academic Hospital Maastricht
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Emans, Lodewijk Willem Van Rhijn, Tim Johannes Maria Welting, Mike De Leeuw
  • METHOD FOR IMPROVING CARTILAGE REPAIR AND/OR PREVENTING CARTILAGE DEGENERATION IN A JOINT
    Publication number: 20100215731
    Abstract: The invention is in the field of methods for medical treatment. It provides an improved method for repairing damaged cartilage and/or preventing cartilage degeneration in tissue, in particular in a joint by administering a pharmaceutically active agent directly into the fat pad of a joint. The pharmaceutically active agent is preferably selected from the group consisting of agents that stimulate chondrogenic differentiation and/or cartilage matrix synthesis; agents that inhibit osteogenesis and/or hypertrophy, anti-inflammatory agents, agents that inhibit apoptosis of chondrocytes, agents that inhibit senescence of chondrocytes and agents that enhance lubrication of a joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicants: MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY, ACADEMIC HOSPITAL MAASTRICHT
    Inventors: Peter Joseph Emans, Lodewijk Willem Van Rhijn, Tim Johannes Maria Welting, Mike De Leeuw