Patents by Inventor Carlos Ruben Marti-Figueroa

Carlos Ruben Marti-Figueroa 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 for controlled induction of 3D cylindrical neuroepithelial tubes
    Patent number: 11390846
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and kits for forming engineered in vitro biomimetic, three-dimensional, tubular organoid structures by directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells within tubular channels formed in a hydrogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Randolph Scott Ashton, Carlos Ruben Marti-Figueroa
  • METHODS FOR CONTROLLED INDUCTION OF 3D CYLINDRICAL NEUROEPITHELIAL TUBES
    Publication number: 20200115677
    Abstract: Described herein are methods, compositions, and kits for forming engineered in vitro biomimetic, three-dimensional, tubular organoid structures by directed differentiation of human pluripotent stem cells within tubular channels formed in a hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Randolph Scott Ashton, Carlos Ruben Marti-Figueroa
  • Sacrificial Templates Comprising a Hydrogel Cross-linking Agent and Their Use for Customization of Hydrogel Architecture
    Publication number: 20170157802
    Abstract: Described herein are sacrificial templates generated from water soluble thermoplastic-divalent cation-composite materials, such as poly(vinyl alcohol)-calcium. Also described herein are methods for the use of such sacrificial templates in casting of precise internal space microarchitectures within hydrogels, such as microchannel networks within alginate hydrogels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Randolph Scott Ashton, Jason David McNulty, Carlos Ruben Marti-Figueroa, Lih-Sheng Turng