Patents by Inventor Chris Thanos

Chris Thanos 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).

  • Culture and use of cells that secrete liver secretory factors
    Patent number: 8580248
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method of culturing hepatocyte cells and non-hepatocyte cells that are capable of secreting liver secretory factors and their use in implantable compositions for treating liver diseases and disorders in patients in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Fac8Cell Pty Limited
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Olga Garkavenko, Alfred Vasconcellos, Dwaine Emerich, Chris Thanos
  • ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090214660
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition comprising high mannuronic acid-containing alginate and a polycation having a polydispersity index of less than 1.5. The composition is particularly useful for making biocompatible microcapsules containing living cells for allo- or xeno-transplantation. Such microcapsules have enhanced durability and can maintain their structural and functional integrity over long periods of time compared to prior art alginate microcapsules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: Living Cell Products Pty Limited
    Inventors: Alfred Vasconcellos, Dwaine Emerich, Chris Thanos, Briannan Bintz, Marilyn Sandra Geaney, Stephen John Martin Skinner, Paul Lip Jin Tan
  • Methods of generating and screening for proteases with altered specificity
    Publication number: 20090136477
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for generating proteases with altered specificity for the target molecules they cleave. The invention further discloses methods of using these proteases to treat diseases in which the target proteins are involved with. Cleaving certain target proteins at certain substrate sequences with a protease is a method for treating these pathologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Jack Nguyen, Chris Thanos, Sandra Waugh Ruggles, Charles S. Craik
  • Culture and Use of Cells That Secrete Liver Secretory Factors
    Publication number: 20080181924
    Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method of culturing hepatocyte cells and non-hepatocyte cells that are capable of secreting liver secretory factors and their use in implantable compositions for treating liver diseases and disorders in patients in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Robert Bartlett Elliott, Olga Garkavenko, Alfred Vasconcellos, Dwaine Emerich, Chris Thanos
  • Methods of generating and screening for proteases with altered specificity
    Publication number: 20040146938
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods for generating proteases with altered specificity for the target molecules they cleave. The invention further discloses methods of using these proteases to treat diseases in which the target proteins are involved with. Cleaving certain target proteins at certain substrate sequences with a protease is a method for treating these pathologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jack Nguyen, Chris Thanos, Sandra Waugh Ruggles, Charles S. Craik