Patents by Inventor Charles J. Prestigiacomo

Charles J. Prestigiacomo 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROSPUN DRUG LOADED BIODEGRADABLE CHEMOTHERAPY APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20110038936
    Abstract: Biodegradable resorbable drug delivery systems characterized by an electrospun biodegradable resorbable polymeric fiber matrix with at least one therapeutic agent incorporated into the fibers of the matrix, wherein the fiber matrix has an interfibrillar space of at least 65% by volume. Therapeutic methods for delivering a chemotherapeutic agent to body cavities from which a tumor has been excised and for strengthening weakened blood vessel walls are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Griswold, Charles J. Prestigiacomo
  • Methods for treating an ischemic disorder and improving stroke outcome
    Patent number: 6316403
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of treating an ischemic disorder in a subject which comprises administering to the subject a pharmaceutically acceptable form of inactivated Factor IX in a sufficient amount over a sufficient period of time to inhibit coagulation so as to treat the ischemic disorder in the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: David J. Pinsky, David Stern, Ann Marie Schmidt, Eric A. Rose, E. Sander Connolly, Robert A. Solomon, Charles J. Prestigiacomo