Hair Or Skin Patents (Class 623/15.11)
Skin (Class 623/15.12)
  • Artificial skin
    Patent number: 6383220
    Abstract: The invention relates to an artificial skin based on a copolymer of a polyalkylene glycol and an aromatic polyester, which skin has a thickness between 50 and 2000 &mgr;m, and which skin has an upper and a lower side, both having a macroporosity between 10% and 95%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Assignee: IsoTis N.V.
    Inventors: C. A. van Blitterswijk, Annette G. M. van Dorp, M. Ponec, J. U. Riesle
  • Fabrication of tissue products with additives by casting or molding using a mold formed by solid free-form methods
    Patent number: 6341952
    Abstract: A system for molding a tissue or substitute tissue product in a mold having an exterior surface, and an interior surface, wherein at least one portion of the interior surface is porous and whose pores are in continuous communication with the exterior surface, and wherein said mold can be fabricated using solid free-form fabrication techniques is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Therics, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Gaylo, Walter Flamenbaum, Miles J. Flamenbaum