Patents by Inventor Rachel Latvala

Rachel Latvala 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).

  • Preparing porous hydrogel products
    Patent number: 6511650
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a new approach to form porous hydrogel materials by first creating gas pockets in the gel and then removing this gas. The removal of the gas creates a porous material, and the initial incorporation of sufficient gas allows one to create a material with an open, interconnected pore structure. Advantageous features of the resulting materials, in addition to their interconnected pore structure, may include that the pore structure is maintained over extended time periods and that the gels maintain a high mechanical integrity that allows seeding with cells and implantation without destruction or compression of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Petra Eiselt, Craig Halberstadt, David Mooney, Julia Yeh, Rachel Latvala, Jon A. Rowley