Patents Assigned to MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIMARY
  • Engineered craniofacial constructs with composite scaffold
    Patent number: 9732321
    Abstract: The present invention provides for compositions and constructs for craniofacial reconstruction implants, and methods for making and using same. Specific embodiments provide for a biocompatible scaffold having an auricular shape and a permanent bendable framework within the scaffold, wherein the permanent bendable framework allows deformation and return to pre-deformation shape, and thus maintains the auricular shape of the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION, MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIMARY
    Inventors: Erik Bassett, Mack Cheney, Theresa Hadlock, Irina Pomerantseva, Mark Randolph, Cathryn Sundback, Joseph Vacanti