Patents by Inventor Adam Sebastian Genevieve Curtis

Adam Sebastian Genevieve 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).

  • Cell adhesion
    Patent number: 6720469
    Abstract: A biocompatible substrate for use as a resorbable or non-resorbable implant, graft, prosthesis, etc., has an array of projections or pits of nanometer dimensions on a surface thereof, which resist attachment of cells. Typically the projections or pits are 10-250 nm in size and at spacings of 20-500 nm. The substrate may additionally have areas where cell adhesion is promoted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: The University Court of the University of Glasgow
    Inventors: Adam Sebastian Genevieve Curtis, Christopher David Wicks Wilkinson
  • Wound healing material
    Patent number: 5833641
    Abstract: A device for use in promoting wound healing is made of a substrate formed of a biologically acceptable material and has there on means capable of orienting cell growth so as to allow guided tissue repair. The means for orienting cell growth may include grooves embossed or stamped on a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: The University Court of the University of Glasgow
    Inventors: Adam Sebastian Genevieve Curtis, Christopher David Wicks Wilkinson