Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Sturgeon

Christopher Michael Sturgeon 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).

  • Populations of hematopoietic progenitors and methods of enriching stem cells therefor
    Patent number: 9834754
    Abstract: There is described herein a method of enriching a population of stem cells for hematopoietic progenitors. The method comprises inducing hematopoietic differentiation in a population of human embryonic stem cells or human induced pluripotent stem cells; sorting the population based on expression of CD43 and at least one of CD34, CD31 and CD144; and selecting a fraction that is at least one of CD34+CD43?, CD31+CD43? and CD144+CD43?. Also provided are populations of hematopoietic progenitors obtained by the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK, SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Gordon Keller, Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, Marion J. Kennedy, Christopher Michael Sturgeon, Andrea Ditadi, Geneve Sheandra Awong
  • POPULATIONS OF HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITORS AND METHODS OF ENRICHING STEM CELLS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20140322808
    Abstract: There is described herein a method of enriching a population of stem cells for hematopoietic progenitors. The method comprises inducing hematopoietic differentiation in a population of human embryonic stem cells or human induced pluripotent stem cells; sorting the population based on expression of CD43 and at least one of CD34, CD31 and CD144; and selecting a fraction that is at least one of CD34+CD43?, CD31+CD43? and CD144+CD43?. Also provided are populations of hematopoietic progenitors obtained by the methods described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicants: SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK
    Inventors: Gordon Keller, Juan Carlos Zuniga-Pflucker, Marion J. Kennedy, Christopher Michael Sturgeon, Andrea Ditadi, Geneve Sheandra Awong