Patents by Inventor Ann Sands Updegrove

Ann Sands Updegrove 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 implants for implantation and methods for preparing the same
    Patent number: 8475827
    Abstract: A method is provided for preparing a tissue implant for implantation. The method includes treating a pericardium tissue material, which has been harvested from a donor and rendered essentially acellular, with a chlorine dioxide treatment solution; and thereafter treating the pericardium tissue material with an antioxidant solution, which comprises ascorbic acid or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: CryoLife, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Hamby, Steven Walsh, Al Heacox, Steven Goldstein, David Gale, Stacy Arnold, Ann Sands Updegrove
  • Tissue Implants for Implantation and Methods for Preparing the Same
    Publication number: 20120009644
    Abstract: A method is provided for preparing a tissue implant for implantation. The method includes harvesting a tissue material from a human or an animal donor, treating the tissue material with water or a hypotonic solution to lyse native cells of the tissue material, treating the tissue material in a nuclease-containing solution which includes an antimicrobial, treating the tissue material with an alkaline alcohol solution, treating the tissue material with a chlorine dioxide treatment solution, and sterilizing the tissue material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CRYOLIFE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Hamby, Steven Walsh, Al Heacox, Steven Goldstein, David Gale, Stacy Arnold, Ann Sands Updegrove
  • Tissue Implants for Implantation and Methods for Preparing the Same
    Publication number: 20120010725
    Abstract: A method is provided for preparing a tissue implant for implantation. The method includes treating a pericardium tissue material, which has been harvested from a donor and rendered essentially acellular, with a chlorine dioxide treatment solution; and thereafter treating the pericardium tissue material with an antioxidant solution, which comprises ascorbic acid or a salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: CRYOLIFE, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Hamby, Steven Walsh, Al Heacox, Steven Goldstein, David Gale, Stacy Arnold, Ann Sands Updegrove