Patents by Inventor Cathy Ann-Rusmussen Ivarie

Cathy Ann-Rusmussen Ivarie 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).

  • Skin substitutes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7541188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin substitutes, and in particular to improved methods for organotypic culture of skin substitutes. In some embodiments, the dermal equivalent of the skin substitute is lifted to air interface of the culture prior to seeding with keratinocytes. In other embodiments, increased concentrations of collagen are used to form the dermal equivalent. In still other embodiments, optimized media are utilized to maintain the skin equivalents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Stratatech Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Barth Conrad, Cathy Ann-Rusmussen Ivarie, Lynn Allen-Hoffmann
  • Skin substitutes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6846675
    Abstract: The present invention relates to in vitro cultured skin substitutes, and in particular to improved methods for organotypic culture of skin substitutes. In some embodiments, the dermal equivalent of the skin substitute is lifted to air interface of the culture prior to seeding with keratinocytes. In other embodiments, increased concentrations of collagen are used to form the dermal equivalent. In still other embodiments, optimized media are utilized to maintain the skin equivalents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Stratech Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Barth Conrad, Cathy Ann-Rusmussen Ivarie, Lynn Allen-Hoffmann