Patents by Inventor Brian Gillette

Brian Gillette 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).

  • Injectable brown adipose microtissues for treatment and prevention of obesity and diabetes
    Patent number: 10335437
    Abstract: Provided are methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treatment of a metabolic condition, including obesity and type 2 diabetes by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a cell or tissue preparation such as brown adipose microtissues to a subject, where the microtissues comprise adipose stem cells and endothelial cells. Modified approaches to creating brown adipose tissue involve differentiation of explanted white adipose tissue rather than isolation and expansion of adipose stems cells or endothelial cells and formation and differentiation of 3D cell aggregates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Brian Gillette, Samuel Sia
  • Injectable Brown Adipose Microtissues for Treatment and Prevention of Obesity and Diabetes
    Publication number: 20150202234
    Abstract: Provided are methods, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits for treatment of a metabolic condition, including obesity and type 2 diabetes by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a cell or tissue preparation such as brown adipose microtissues to a subject, where the microtissues comprise adipose stem cells and endothelial cells. Modified approaches to creating brown adipose tissue involve differentiation of explanted white adipose tissue rather than isolation and expansion of adipose stems cells or endothelial cells and formation and differentiation of 3D cell aggregates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Brian Gillette, Samuel Sia