Patents by Inventor Christopher M. Frendl

Christopher M. Frendl 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).

  • Biomedical implant for use in fluid shear stress environments
    Patent number: 9629713
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomedical implant for use in a fluid shear stress environment of a subject. The biomedical implant of the present invention includes a patterned surface having a plurality of cellular niches. The cellular niches of the patterned surface are effective to maintain at least one localized layer of living cells within the plurality of cellular niches by decreasing fluid shear stress within the cellular niches as compared to fluid shear stress measured outside of the cellular niches, with the fluid shear stress measured outside of the cellular niches having a peak fluid shear stress of at least about 50 dynes per square centimeter (dynes/cm2). The present invention also relates to methods of making and using the biomedical implant. The present invention further relates to a biomedical implant system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Christopher M. Frendl, Jonathan T. Butcher
  • BIOMEDICAL IMPLANT FOR USE IN FLUID SHEAR STRESS ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20140350671
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a biomedical implant for use in a fluid shear stress environment of a subject. The biomedical implant of the present invention includes a patterned surface having a plurality of cellular niches. The cellular niches of the patterned surface are effective to maintain at least one localized layer of living cells within the plurality of cellular niches by decreasing fluid shear stress within the cellular niches as compared to fluid shear stress measured outside of the cellular niches, with the fluid shear stress measured outside of the cellular niches having a peak fluid shear stress of at least about 50 dynes per square centimeter (dynes/cm2). The present invention also relates to methods of making and using the biomedical implant. The present invention further relates to a biomedical implant system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Christopher M. Frendl, Jonathan T. Butcher