Patents by Inventor Anne E. Faust

Anne E. Faust 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).

  • NERVE GRAFT SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20250312516
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for treating a nerve injury in a patient are provided. A system for treating a patient includes at least one of a nerve graft-conduit or nerve cap-graft comprise a nerve segment derived from a tissue source. Methods for producing a medical device comprising a nerve segment, for obtaining an ideal degree of decellularization of a nerve segment, and for treating a patient with a medical device comprising a nerve segment are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 9, 2025
    Inventors: Lorenzo Soletti, Anne E. Faust, Nicole Cwalina, Brandon Burger, Syndey E. Borcherding
  • Ocular applications of matrix bound vesicles (MBVs)
    Patent number: 11638724
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed herein for increasing retinal ganglion cell survival in a subject in need thereof. These methods include selecting a subject in need of increased retinal ganglion cell survival and administering a therapeutically effective amount of isolated nanovesicles derived from an extracellular matrix (MBVs) to the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Stephen F. Badylak, Anne E. Faust, George S. Hussey, Yolandi Van der Merwe, Michael Brandt Steketee
  • OCULAR APPLICATIONS OF MATRIX BOUND VESICLES (MBVS)
    Publication number: 20210137988
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed herein for increasing retinal ganglion cell survival in a subject in need thereof. These methods include selecting a subject in need of increased retinal ganglion cell survival and administering a therapeutically effective amount of isolated nanovesicles derived from an extracellular matrix (MBVs) to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Stephen F. Badylak, Anne E. Faust, George S. Hussey, Yolandi Van der Merwe, Michael Brandt Steketee