Patents by Inventor Catherine Ward

Catherine Ward 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).

  • Bioscaffolds for formation of motor endplates and other specialized tissue structures
    Patent number: 11090410
    Abstract: Provided herein are scaffolds and methods useful to promote the formation of functional clusters on a tissue, for example, motor endplates (MEPs) or a component thereof on skeletal muscle cells or tissue, as well as the use of scaffolds so produced for repairing a tissue injury or defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
    Inventors: George J. Christ, Justin M. Saul, John B. Scott, Benjamin T. Corona, Benjamin S. Harrison, Catherine Ward
  • BIOSCAFFOLDS FOR FORMATION OF MOTOR ENDPLATES AND OTHER SPECIALIZED TISSUE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20180236131
    Abstract: Provided herein are scaffolds and methods useful to promote the formation of functional clusters on a tissue, for example, motor endplates (MEPs) or a component thereof on skeletal muscle cells or tissue, as well as the use of scaffolds so produced for repairing a tissue injury or defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: George J. Christ, Justin M. Saul, John B. Scott, Benjamin T. Corona, Benjamin S. Harrison, Catherine Ward
  • Bioscaffolds for formation of motor endplates and other specialized tissue structures
    Patent number: 9968705
    Abstract: Provided herein are scaffolds and methods useful to promote the formation of functional clusters on a tissue, for example, motor endplates (MEPs) or a component thereof on skeletal muscle cells or tissue, as well as the use of scaffolds so produced for repairing a tissue injury or defect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: George J. Christ, Justin M. Saul, John B Scott, Benjamin T. Corona, Benjamin S. Harrison, Catherine Ward
  • BIOSCAFFOLDS FOR FORMATION OF MOTOR ENDPLATES AND OTHER SPECIALIZED TISSUE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20140234388
    Abstract: Provided herein are scaffolds and methods useful to promote the formation of functional clusters on a tissue, for example, motor endplates (MEPs) or a component thereof on skeletal muscle cells or tissue, as well as the use of scaffolds so produced for repairing a tissue injury or defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
    Inventors: George J. Christ, Justin M. Saul, John B Scott, Benjamin T. Corona, Benjamin S. Harrison, Catherine Ward