Patents by Inventor Robert Graham Hill

Robert Graham Hill 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).

  • A COMPOSITION FOR MAKING A CEMENT OR AN IMPLANT
    Publication number: 20150328364
    Abstract: A composition for making a cement or an implant, the composition comprising a silicate glass and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a calcium phosphate salt, a strontium phosphate salt and a phosphate glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Robert Graham Hill, Natalia Karpukhina, Niall Kent
  • Multicomponent Glasses For Use In Personal Care Products
    Publication number: 20140056954
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multicomponent glasses and their use in powdered form as an additive in personal care products such as toothpastes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventors: Matthew O'Donnell, Robert Graham Hill
  • Hypoxia Inducing Factor (HIF) Stabilising Glasses
    Publication number: 20110142902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a glass composition formulated to provide the controlled release of certain transition metal ions to regulate the cellular hypoxia pathway and the use of these hypoxia-pathway regulating glasses in medicine and in biomedical research, including in the repair, restoration or regeneration of diseased or damaged tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Gavin Jell, Robert Graham Hill, Molly Morag Stevens, Maria Azevedo
  • Process For Producing Porous Scaffolds From Sinterable Glass
    Publication number: 20110144765
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a porous glass construct with interconnected porosity, the resulting porous construct and its use as a macroporous scaffold in bone repair and regeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Julian Jones, Robert Graham Hill, Zoe Yunxie Wu
  • Bioactive Glass Coatings
    Publication number: 20110045052
    Abstract: The present invention relates to bioactive glass coatings. In particular, the present invention relates to bioactive glass coatings for Ti6Al4V alloys and chrome cobalt alloys, wherein the thermal expansion coefficient of the glass coating is matched to that of the alloy. Such coatings have a particular application in the field of medical prosthetics. The bioactive glass comprises (in mol %) 35-53 SiO2; 2-11 Na20; at least 2% of each of CaO, MgO and K20; 0-15 ZnO; 0-2 B202 and 0-9 P205.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Graham Hill, Molly Morag Stevens, Matthew O'Donnell
  • Glass Polycarboxylate Cements
    Publication number: 20110009511
    Abstract: The present invention relates to glass compositions for use in formation of polycarboxylate cements and polycarboxylate cements comprising these glasses, wherein the glasses comprise SiO2 and MgO, with a molar percentage of SiO2 not exceeding 60% and a molar percentage of MgO being greater than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Graham Hill, Molly Morag Stevens
  • BIOACTIVE NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20110009327
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous inorganic/organic hybrid nanoscale composite comprising an enzymatically biodegradable organic polymer and a sol-gel derived silica network, its production and use as a macroporous scaffold in tissue engineering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Graham Hill, Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai, Julian R. Jones
  • Bioactive Glass
    Publication number: 20090208428
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bioactive glass comprising strontium and silicon dioxide, processes for the production of the bioactive glass and the use of the bioactive glass in medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: IMPERIAL INNOVATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Graham Hill, Molly Morag Stevens