Patents by Inventor Alexander Feigel

Alexander Feigel 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).

  • Engineered cell growth on polymeric films and biotechnological application thereof
    Patent number: 9383350
    Abstract: A free-standing thin film is fabricated from a structure comprising a base layer coated with a sacrificial polymer layer, which is in turn coated with a flexible polymer layer. Cells are then seeded onto the flexible polymer layer and cultured to form a tissue. The flexible polymer layer is then released from the base layer to produce a free-standing thin film comprising the tissue on the flexible polymer layer. In one embodiment, the cells are myocytes, which can be actuated to propel or displace the free-standing film. In another embodiment, the free-standing film is used to treat injured human tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Kevin Kit Parker, Adam W. Feinberg, George M. Whitesides, Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Alexander Feigel
  • ENGINEERED CELL GROWTH ON POLYMERIC FILMS AND BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATION THEREOF
    Publication number: 20140004553
    Abstract: A free-standing thin film is fabricated from a structure comprising a base layer coated with a sacrificial polymer layer, which is in turn coated with a flexible polymer layer. Cells are then seeded onto the flexible polymer layer and cultured to form a tissue. The flexible polymer layer is then released from the base layer to produce a free-standing thin film comprising the tissue on the flexible polymer layer. In one embodiment, the cells are myocytes, which can be actuated to propel or displace the free-standing film. In another embodiment, the free-standing film is used to treat injured human tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin Kit Parker, Adam W. Feinberg, George M. Whitesides, Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Alexander Feigel
  • Engineered cell growth on polymeric films and biotechnological applications thereof
    Patent number: 8492150
    Abstract: A free-standing thin film is fabricated from a structure comprising a base layer coated with a sacrificial polymer layer, which is in turn coated with a flexible polymer layer. Cells are then seeded onto the flexible polymer layer and cultured to form a tissue. The flexible polymer layer is then released from the base layer to produce a free-standing thin film comprising the tissue on the flexible polymer layer. In one embodiment, the cells are myocytes, which can be actuated to propel or displace the free-standing film. In another embodiment, the free-standing film is used to treat injured human tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Kevin Kit Parker, Adam W. Feinberg, George M. Whitesides, Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Alexander Feigel
  • Engineered Cell Growth on Polymeric Films and Biotechnological Applications Thereof
    Publication number: 20090317852
    Abstract: A free-standing thin film is fabricated from a structure comprising a base layer coated with a sacrificial polymer layer, which is in turn coated with a flexible polymer layer. Cells are then seeded onto the flexible polymer layer and cultured to form a tissue. The flexible polymer layer is then released from the base layer to produce a free-standing thin film comprising the tissue on the flexible polymer layer. In one embodiment, the cells are myocytes, which can be actuated to propel or displace the free-standing film. In another embodiment, the free-standing film is used to treat injured human tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Kevin Kit Parker, Adam W. Feinberg, George M. Whitesides, Sergey S. Shevkoplyas, Alexander Feigel