Patents by Inventor Anita Ignatius

Anita Ignatius 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).

  • Methods of treating bone diseases, disorders and/or injuries and reagents therefor
    Publication number: 20190092848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and reagents for treating bone disorders and/or increasing bone healing. In particular, present disclosure relates to the use of isolated or recombinant proteins, such as antibodies, which bind to, and inhibit or reduce the function of, midkine (hereinafter, referred to as “MK”) in the treatment of bone disorders and/or to increase bone healing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Darren Jones, Maria Halasz, Astrid Liedert, Melanie Haffner-Luntzer, Anita Ignatius
  • Medical, bioresorbable implant, process for its production and the use thereof
    Patent number: 6773459
    Abstract: A medical, bioresorbable implant, particularly for cruciate ligament augmentation, is constructed as a composite structure in textile construction from at least two biocompatible polymer materials, which differ in their chemical composition and/or polymer structure and which are degradable, the implant having a predetermined initial tensile stiffness and a different degradation behaviour of the polymers and/or the textile construction is selected in such a way that the tensile stiffness decreases during degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignees: Deutsche Institute fuer Textil-und Faserforschung Stuttgart Stiftung des oeffentlichen Rechts
    Inventors: Martin Dauner, Helmut Hierlemann, Heinrich Planck, Lutz Claes, Lutz Duerselen, Anita Ignatius
  • Medical, bioresorbable implant, process for its production and the use thereof
    Publication number: 20020062152
    Abstract: A medical, bioresorbable implant, particularly for crucial ligament augmentation, is constructed as a composite structure in textile construction from at least two biocompatible polymer materials, which differ in their chemical composition and/or polymer structure and which are degradable, the implant having a predetermined initial tensile stiffness and a different degradation behaviour of the polymers and/or the textile construction is selected in such a way that the tensile stiffness decreases during degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Inventors: Martin Dauner, Helmut Hierlemann, Heinrich Planck, Lutz Claes, Lutz Duerselen, Anita Ignatius