Patents by Inventor Andrew Blakely

Andrew Blakely 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).

  • Device and method for engineering living tissues
    Patent number: 9771554
    Abstract: A device for assembling aggregations of adherent cells includes a gripper moveable within an assembly vessel that fixes aggregations of adherent cells at a membrane of the gripper and, by movement of the gripper, assembles aggregations of cells on a separate membrane within the vessel, thereby creating a three-dimensional assembly of aggregations of cells that fuse and can be employed in surgical procedures as a unitary tissue of adherent cells. The aggregations of cells, as assembled, can assume three-dimensional configurations distinct from any one of the component aggregations of cells assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Morgan, Andrew Blakely, John Murphy, Anubhav Tripathi, William Patterson
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENGINEERING LIVING TISSUES
    Publication number: 20150024495
    Abstract: A device for assembling aggregations of adherent cells includes a gripper moveable within an assembly vessel that fixes aggregations of adherent cells at a membrane of the gripper and, by movement of the gripper, assembles aggregations of cells on a separate membrane within the vessel, thereby creating a three-dimensional assembly of aggregations of cells that fuse and can be employed in surgical procedures as a unitary tissue of adherent cells. The aggregations of cells, as assembled, can assume three-dimensional configurations distinct from any one of the component aggregations of cells assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Morgan, Andrew Blakely, John Murphy, Anubhav Tripathi, William Patterson