Patents by Inventor David Shalhevet

David Shalhevet 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).

  • Publication number: 20170143374
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for harvesting the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a genetically modified dermal micro-organ expressing at least one recombinant gene product. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for implanting a genetically modified DMO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Alex Okun, Yaron Fuerst, David Shalhevet, Elisha Amir, Mordechay Bukhman
  • Patent number: 9572593
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for harvesting the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO to from the skin-related tissue structure. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a genetically modified dermal micro-organ expressing at least one recombinant gene product. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for implanting a genetically modified DMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Alex Okun, Yaron Fuerst, David Shalhevet, Elisha Amir, Mordechay Bukhman
  • Patent number: 9468667
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Publication number: 20160000457
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for harvesting the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO to from the skin-related tissue structure. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a genetically modified dermal micro-organ expressing at least one recombinant gene product. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for implanting a genetically modified DMO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Alex Okun, Yaron Fuerst, David Shalhevet, Elisha Amir, Mordechay Bukhman
  • Publication number: 20150313623
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Patent number: 9107896
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Patent number: 9101595
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for harvesting the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a genetically modified dermal micro-organ expressing at least one recombinant gene product. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for implanting a genetically modified DMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Alex Okun, Yaron Fuerst, David Shalhevet, Elisha Amir, Mordechay Bukhman
  • Patent number: 8771291
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for harvesting the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure. Exemplary embodiments of the invention provide a genetically modified dermal micro-organ expressing at least one recombinant gene product. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for implanting a genetically modified DMO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Alex Okun, Yaron Fuerst, David Shalhevet, Elisha Amir, Mordechay Bukhman
  • Publication number: 20140161859
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen F. BELLOMO, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Patent number: 8685635
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Patent number: 8530149
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO to may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Patent number: 8501396
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Medgenics Medical Israel Ltd.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Publication number: 20120295245
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen F. BELLOMO, Itzhak LIPPIN, Guillermo Alberto PIVA, Lior ROSENBERG, Mordechay BUKHMAN, Baruch S. STERN, David SHALHEVET, Menachem D. SHAVITT, Andrew L. PEARLMAN, Noam SHANI, Einat ALMON
  • Patent number: 8293463
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Medgenics Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Publication number: 20120201793
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Publication number: 20120095557
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO to may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Patent number: 8142990
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Medgenics Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Publication number: 20120003276
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Patent number: 8088568
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Medgentics, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen F. Bellomo, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon
  • Publication number: 20100150878
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide Dermal Micro-organs (DMOs), methods and apparatuses for producing the same. Some embodiments of the invention provide a DMO including a plurality of dermal components, which substantially retain the micro-architecture and three dimensional structure of the dermal tissue from which they are derived, having dimensions selected so as to allow passive diffusion of adequate nutrients and gases to cells of the DMO and diffusion of cellular waste out of the cells so as to minimize cellular toxicity and concomitant death due to insufficient nutrition and accumulation of waste in the DMO. Some embodiments of the invention provide methods and apparatuses for harvesting the DMO. An apparatus for harvesting the DMO may include, according to some exemplary embodiments, a support configuration to support a skin-related tissue structure from which the DMO is to be harvested, and a cutting tool able to separate the DMO from the skin-related tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen F. BELLOMO, Itzhak Lippin, Guillermo Alberto Piva, Lior Rosenberg, Mordechay Bukhman, Baruch S. Stern, David Shalhevet, Menachem D. Shavitt, Andrew L. Pearlman, Noam Shani, Einat Almon