Patents by Inventor Alicia Jennifer Hafeeza El Haj

Alicia Jennifer Hafeeza El Haj 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).

  • Generation of cartilage using magnetizable particles
    Patent number: 7625562
    Abstract: There is described a method of magnetically manipulating a cell in vivo which comprises the association of a magnetizable particle with a cell. More particularly, there is described a method of magnetically manipulating a cell which comprises the association of a magnetizable particle with a cell characterized in that the method comprises agonizing or antagonizing ion channels within a cell by the association of a magnetizable particle with a cell. There is also described the use of a magnetizable particle in a method of magnetically manipulating a cell in vivo and/or activating ion channels in vivo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Keele University
    Inventors: Alicia Jennifer Hafeeza El Haj, Jon Paul Dobson
  • Culturing tissue using magnetically generated mechanical stresses
    Patent number: 7553662
    Abstract: A method of culturing tissue comprises growing tissue forming cells whilst subjecting the tissue forming cells to mechanical stresses which are generated magnetically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Keele University
    Inventors: Alicia Jennifer Hafeeza El Haj, Jon Paul Dobson
  • Culturing tissue using magnetically generated mechanical stresses
    Publication number: 20040147015
    Abstract: A method of culturing tissue comprises growing tissue forming cells whilst subjecting the tissue forming cells to mechanical stresses which are generated magnetically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2004
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Alicia Jennifer Hafeeza El-Haj, Jon Paul Dobson