Patents by Inventor Robert Waterman

Robert Waterman 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).

  • Publication number: 20220378844
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed for repair of shoulder injuries by employing disaggregated muscle fiber fragments to regenerate functional shoulder muscle tissue. In some embodiments, the fragments retain functional satellite cells but exhibit cell wall rupture and have an average size of less than 150 ?m. The methods include the preparation and implantation of compositions by extracting muscle tissue from a donor site, disaggregating muscle fibers from the extracted tissue, and fragmenting disaggregated muscle fibers into fiber fragments that exhibit cell wall rupture and preferably have an average size of less than 150 microns, more preferable less than about 100 microns, while retaining functional satellite cells. Upon injection, e.g., into the supraspinatus or other rotator cuff muscles, the muscle fiber fragment compositions are capable of reconstituting or reconstructing elongated muscle fibers from the fragments and orienting in alignment with native shoulder muscle fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: Anthony ATALA, James YOO, Gary G. POEHLING, Brian Robert WATERMAN
  • Patent number: 11144853
    Abstract: A server receives a request, for allocation of workforce, upon displaying a first network browser on a first client device and processes the request against a database of worker profiles and project profiles. Each of the worker profiles contains at least a worker identifier, an identified worker skill set, and a work schedule. Each of the project profiles contains a project identifier, a desired project skill set, and a desired timeframe for the desired project skill set. The server displays a second network browser on a second client device based on such processing, which contains available worker capacity and desired skills within a requested timeframe. A user operating the second client device can accept or ignore the recommendation and assign a worker to a project. The server may further update the project data and allocate the worker to the project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Waterman, Daniel Lunardini
  • Patent number: 8740987
    Abstract: An implant including a substantially cohesive aggregate comprising bone-derived particles. Cohesiveness is maintained by a member of mechanical interlocking, engagement of adjacent bone-derived particles with one another through engagement with a binding agent, thermal bonding, chemical bonding, or a matrix material in which the bone-derived particles are retained. The aggregate is shaped as a one-dimensional or two-dimensional body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Perry Geremakis, Jennifer Grasso, David Knaack, Jo-Wen Lin, Lawrence Shimp, Robert Waterman, John Winterbottom
  • Publication number: 20050283255
    Abstract: An implant including a substantially cohesive aggregate comprising bone-derived particles. Cohesiveness is maintained by a member of mechanical interlocking, engagement of adjacent bone-derived particles with one another through engagement with a binding agent, thermal bonding, chemical bonding, or a matrix material in which the bone-derived particles are retained. The aggregate is shaped as a one-dimensional or two-dimensional body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Perry Geremakis, Jennifer Grasso, David Knaack, Jo-Wen Lin, Lawrence Shimp, Robert Waterman, John Winterbottom