Patents by Inventor Alexander M. Eaton

Alexander M. Eaton 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).

  • Tissue bonding and sealing composition and method of using the same
    Patent number: 5292362
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for bonding separated tissues together or for coating tissues or prosthetic materials including at least one natural or synthetic peptide and at least one support material which may be activated by energy and to methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Bass, Steven K. Libutti, Alexander M. Eaton
  • Sheath structure for a surgical knife
    Patent number: 5234436
    Abstract: For protection of the otherwise sharp protruding end of a given instrument for use in ophthalmic or other surgery, as when the instrument is to be used only after it has traversed the major part of a scleral tunnel, a shiftable guard or shield is manipulable after it has served its function of avoiding damage to hemorrhageable tissues adjacent tunnel-wall tissue, thereby exposing the sharp end only after safely passing the hemorrhageable region. Various embodiments are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Inventors: Alexander M. Eaton, Jaime Santamaria
  • Adjustable sutures and method of using the same
    Patent number: 5234006
    Abstract: A method of suturing using a suture made from materials which, upon application of energy, contract or expand after implantation in tissues and/or prosthetic materials same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Inventors: Alexander M. Eaton, Cemil M. Purut
  • Tissue bonding and sealing composition and method of using the same
    Patent number: 5209776
    Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for bonding separated tissues together or for coating tissues or prosthetic materials including at least one natural or synthetic peptide and at least one support material which may be activated by energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Bass, Steven K. Libutti, Alexander M. Eaton