Patents by Inventor Rebekah A. Neal

Rebekah A. Neal 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).

  • Compositions and methods for making and using laminin nanofibers
    Patent number: 8728817
    Abstract: The present invention provides methodologies and parameters for fabrication of the hybrid biomaterial by blending pure laminin or complex extracts of tissues containing laminin with biopolymers such as polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic/polyglycolic acid copolymer (PLGA) or Polydioxanone (PDO) in fluoroalcohols (HFP, TFA), fabrication of substrates and scaffolds and devices from the hybrid biomaterial in forms such as films, nanofibers by electrospinning or microspheres, and the biological or biomedical use of the material or devices derived from it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Roy Clinton Ogle, Edward A. Botchwey, III, Rebekah A. Neal
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING LAMININ NANOFIBERS
    Publication number: 20110236974
    Abstract: The present invention provides methodologies and parameters for fabrication of the hybrid biomaterial by blending pure laminin or complex extracts of tissues containing laminin with biopolymers such as polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic/polyglycolic acid copolymer (PLGA) or Polydioxanone (PDO) in fluoroalcohols (HFP, TFA), fabrication of substrates and scaffolds and devices from the hybrid biomaterial in forms such as films, nanofibers by electrospinning or microspheres, and the biological or biomedical use of the material or devices derived from it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Roy Clinton Ogle, Edward A. Botchwey, III, Rebekah A. Neal