Patents by Inventor Catherine M. Verfaillie

Catherine M. Verfaillie 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).

  • Method for culturing hematopoietic cells
    Patent number: 5460964
    Abstract: A method for culturing mammalian hematopoietic, preferably stem cells, is provided comprising maintaining a population of human hematopoietic cells in a non-contacting relationship to a population of cultured stromal cells, which populations are in preferably liquid stromal growth medium connection, so that the ability of the stem cells in said population to differentiate and self-replicate is maintained during an extended culture period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Philip B. McGlave, Catherine M. Verfaillie, Jeffrey S. Miller
  • Method for culturing human hematopoietic stem cells in vitro
    Patent number: 5436151
    Abstract: A method for culturing mammalian hematopoietic stem cells is provided comprising maintaining a population of human stem cells in fixed, non-contacting relationship to a population of cultured stromal cells, which populations are in liquid stromal growth medium connection, so that the ability of the stem cells to differentiate and self-replicate is maintained during an extended culture period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Philip B. McGlave, Catherine M. Verfaillie, Jeffrey S. Miller