Patents by Inventor Amy Katherine Solan

Amy Katherine Solan 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).

  • Compositions and methods for promoting attachment of cells of endothelial cell lineage to medical devices
    Patent number: 7531505
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for an improved coating for medical devices. Provided is a biofunctional coating composition comprising at least one binding domain that has binding specificity for a metallic surface material of a medical device, and at least one binding domain that has binding specificity for cells of endothelial cell lineage. Methods for coating a metallic surface of a medical device, and for manufacturing of a medical device, comprise contacting the metallic surface to be coated with the biofunctional coating material in an amount effective to form a coating, and may further comprise contacting the coated surface with cells of endothelial cell lineage to bind the cells of endothelial cell lineage to the coated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Affinergy, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Theodore Hamilton, Daniel James Kenan, Amy Katherine Solan