Patents by Inventor Adam S. G. Curtis

Adam S. G. Curtis 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).

  • Microstructures
    Patent number: 4832759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the location of biological cells 5 in a predetermined spatial disposition relative to each other on a solid non-biological substrate. According to the invention an extended generally planar surface of the substrate is provided with a plurality of surface discontinuities 4 at least partly defining cell adhesion enhanced and/or cell-adhesion orienting zones having a width of from 0.2 to 20 micrometers in a predetermined relation to each other and substantially spaced apart from each other. When a plurality of the cells 5 in a physiologically acceptable medium is brought into contact with said substrate surface cells attached to the substrate surface preferentially and/or in preferential orientations at said discontinuities 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: The University Court of the University of Glasgow
    Inventors: Adam S. G. Curtis, Christopher D. W. Wilkinson