Patents by Inventor Aaron K. Remenschneider

Aaron K. Remenschneider 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).

  • Patent number: 11648106
    Abstract: This disclosure features artificial tympanic membrane graft devices and two-component bilayer graft devices that include a scaffold having a plurality of ribs made of a first material and a plurality of spaces between the ribs filled or made with the first material, a different, second material, a combination of the first and a second materials, or a combination of a second material and one or more other different materials. The bilayer graft devices have two components or layers. One component, e.g., the underlay graft device, can include a projection, and the second component, e.g., the overlay graft device, can include an opening that corresponds to the projection (or vice versa) so that the opening and the projection can secure the two layers together in a “lock and key” manner. This disclosure also features methods of making, using, and implanting the three-dimensional artificial tympanic membrane and bilayer graft devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Aaron K. Remenschneider, Elliott Kozin, Nicole Leah Black, Michael J. McKenna, Daniel J. Lee, Jennifer A. Lewis, John Rosowski, David B. Kolesky, Mark A. Skylar-Scott, Alexander D. Valentine
  • Publication number: 20220346945
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to winged graft devices, methods of manufacture, and methods of use to repair, e.g., repair perforations, in tympanic membranes, or to augment defective tympanic membranes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Elliott Kozin, Aaron K. Remenschneider, Nicole Black
  • Publication number: 20210000590
    Abstract: This disclosure features artificial tympanic membrane graft devices and two-component bilayer graft devices that include a scaffold having a plurality of ribs made of a first material and a plurality of spaces between the ribs filled or made with the first material, a different, second material, a combination of the first and a second materials, or a combination of a second material and one or more other different materials. The bilayer graft devices have two components or layers. One component, e.g., the underlay graft device, can include a projection, and the second component, e.g., the overlay graft device, can include an opening that corresponds to the projection (or vice versa) so that the opening and the projection can secure the two layers together in a “lock and key” manner. This disclosure also features methods of making, using, and implanting the three-dimensional artificial tympanic membrane and bilayer graft devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron K. Remenschneider, Elliott Kozin, Nicole Leah Black, Michael J. McKenna, Daniel J. Lee, Jennifer A. Lewis, John Rosowski, David B. Kolesky, Mark A. Skylar-Scott, Alexander D. Valentine
  • Patent number: 10799341
    Abstract: The devices described herein are used for holding an undelay graft and an overlay graft in place for repair a tympanic membrane. The devices include a post having a proximal end and a distal end; and first and second arms, each having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the post is flexibly joined to the proximal end of the first arm and to the proximal end of the second arm. When the device is in a deployed configuration, the first arm and the second arm extend substantially perpendicularly from the post; and when the first arm and the second arm are clamped into a constrained configuration, the first arm and the second arm extend substantially parallel to a central axis of the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
    Inventors: Aaron K. Remenschneider, Elliott Kozin
  • Patent number: 10786349
    Abstract: This disclosure features artificial tympanic membrane graft devices and two-component bilayer graft devices that include a scaffold having a plurality of ribs made of a first material and a plurality of spaces between the ribs filled or made with the first material, a different, second material, a combination of the first and a second materials, or a combination of a second material and one or more other different materials. The bilayer graft devices have two components or layers. One component, e.g., the underlay graft device, can include a projection, and the second component, e.g., the overlay graft device, can include an opening that corresponds to the projection (or vice versa) so that the opening and the projection can secure the two layers together in a “lock and key” manner. This disclosure also features methods of making, using, and implanting the three-dimensional artificial tympanic membrane and bilayer graft devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Aaron K. Remenschneider, Elliot Kozin, Nicole Black, Michael J. McKenna, Daniel J. Lee, Jennifer Lewis, John Rosowski, David Kolesky, Mark A. Skylar-Scott, Alexander D. Valentine
  • Patent number: 10695168
    Abstract: This disclosure features elongated prosthetic devices that can be used to repair, e.g., resurface or occlude, a defect of a semicircular canal, e.g., a superior semicircular canal dehiscence, as well as methods of making and using these devices. For example, the devices can be made using three-dimensional (3D) printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
    Inventors: Elliott Kozin, Aaron K. Remenschneider, Daniel J. Lee, Heidi Nakajima, Song Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190224003
    Abstract: The devices described herein are used for holding an undelay graft and an overlay graft in place for repair a tympanic membrane. The devices include a post having a proximal end and a distal end; and first and second arms, each having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the post is flexibly joined to the proximal end of the first arm and to the proximal end of the second arm. When the device is in a deployed configuration, the first arm and the second arm extend substantially perpendicularly from the post; and when the first arm and the second arm are clamped into a constrained configuration, the first arm and the second arm extend substantially parallel to a central axis of the post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron K. Remenschneider, Elliott Kozin
  • Publication number: 20180116788
    Abstract: This disclosure features elongated prosthetic devices that can be used to repair, e.g., resurface or occlude, a defect of a semicircular canal, e.g., a superior semicircular canal dehiscence, as wellmethods of making and using these devices. For example, the devices can be made using three-dimensional (3D) printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Elliott Kozin, Aaron K. Remenschneider, Daniel J. Lee, Heidi Nakajima, Song Cheng
  • Publication number: 20180042718
    Abstract: This disclosure features artificial tympanic membrane graft devices and two-component bilayer graft devices that include a scaffold having a plurality of ribs made of a first material and a plurality of spaces between the ribs filled or made with the first material, a different, second material, a combination of the first and a second materials, or a combination of a second material and one or more other different materials. The bilayer graft devices have two components or layers. One component, e.g., the under-lay graft device, can include a projection, and the second component, e.g., the overlay graft device, can include an opening that corresponds to the projection (or vice versa) so that the opening and the projection can secure the two layers together in a “lock and key” manner. This disclosure also features methods of making, using, and implanting the three-dimensional artificial tympanic membrane and bilayer graft devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron K. Remenschneider, Elliott Kozin, Nicole Black, Michael J. McKenna, Daniel J. Lee, Jennifer Lewis, John Rosowski, David Kolesky, Mark A. Skylar-Scott, Alexander D. Valentine