Patents by Inventor Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios
Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios 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).
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Patent number: 11896522Abstract: A device includes a frame, a rotatable housing and a permanent magnet. The frame is configured to be worn adjacent an eye region of a wearer. The rotatable housing is coupled to the frame. The permanent magnet is coupled to the rotatable housing and includes a first surface having a first static magnetic polarity and a second surface having a second static magnetic polarity opposite the first static magnetic polarity. The rotatable housing is arranged to rotate the permanent magnet between a first position orienting the first surface towards the eye region of the wearer and a second position orienting the second surface towards the eye region of the wearer. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.Inventors: Kevin Houston, Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios, Matteo Tomasi
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Patent number: 11607658Abstract: The present invention generally relates to microfluidic droplets and, including forming gels within microfluidic droplets. In some aspects, a fluid containing agarose or other gel precursors is transported into a microfluidic droplet, and caused to harden within the droplet, e.g., to form a gel particle contained within the microfluidic droplet. Surprisingly, a discrete gel particle may be formed even if the fluid containing the agarose or other gel precursor, and the fluid contained within the microfluidic droplet, are substantially immiscible. Other aspects of the present invention are generally directed to techniques for making or using such gels within microfluidic droplets, kits containing such gels within microfluidic droplets, or the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryInventors: David A. Weitz, Huidan Zhang, Nai Wen Cui, Fengyang Lei, Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios
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Patent number: 11173130Abstract: A drug delivery system (DDS) including a hydrophobic porous scaffold and a hydrogel having a hydrophilic polymer and one or more biologic drugs provides sustained zero-order release of the one or more biologic drugs. Also provided herein are methods of making and using a DDS including a hydrophobic porous scaffold and a hydrogel having a hydrophilic polymer and one or more biologic drugs.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryInventor: Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios
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Patent number: 10939993Abstract: The present disclosure relates to keratoprosthesis apparatuses and methods of manufacturing keratoprosthesis apparatuses. The keratoprosthesis apparatus includes a circular backplate including a central aperture extending through the backplate from a face of the backplate to a posterior surface of the backplate. The circular backplate has a dome shape and comprises a plurality of spaced apart elongated slits extending radially outwardly from a central portion of the backplate. The plurality of spaced apart elongated slits surround the central aperture and extending through the backplate from the face of the backplate to the posterior of the backplate.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Massachusetts Eye and Ear InfirmaryInventors: James Chodosh, Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios, John Graney
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Publication number: 20200383831Abstract: A device includes a frame, a rotatable housing and a permanent magnet. The frame is configured to be worn adjacent an eye region of a wearer. The rotatable housing is coupled to the frame. The permanent magnet is coupled to the rotatable housing and includes a first surface having a first static magnetic polarity and a second surface having a second static magnetic polarity opposite the first static magnetic polarity. The rotatable housing is arranged to rotate the permanent magnet between a first position orienting the first surface towards the eye region of the wearer and a second position orienting the second surface towards the eye region of the wearer. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Kevin Houston, Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios, Matteo Tomasi
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Publication number: 20190151077Abstract: The present disclosure relates to keratoprosthesis apparatuses and methods of manufacturing keratoprosthesis apparatuses. The keratoprosthesis apparatus includes a circular backplate including a central aperture extending through the backplate from a face of the backplate to a posterior surface of the backplate. The circular backplate has a dome shape and comprises a plurality of spaced apart elongated slits extending radially outwardly from a central portion of the backplate. The plurality of spaced apart elongated slits surround the central aperture and extending through the backplate from the face of the backplate to the posterior of the backplate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2017Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: James CHODOSH, Eleftherios Paschalis ILIOS, John GRANEY
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Publication number: 20180250239Abstract: A drug delivery system (DDS) including a hydrophobic porous scaffold and a hydrogel having a hydrophilic polymer and one or more biologic drugs provides sustained zero-order release of the one or more biologic drugs. Also provided herein are methods of making and using a DDS including a hydrophobic porous scaffold and a hydrogel having a hydrophilic polymer and one or more biologic drugs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventor: Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios
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Patent number: 10039670Abstract: The disclosure includes devices and methods for controlling fluid flow. The devices include a tube configured to receive fluid from a fluid source; and a valve for controlling fluid flow through the tube, the valve responsive to fluid pressure in the tube. The valve includes a first magnet outside the tube at a fixed first distance from the tube and a second magnet outside the tube substantially opposite the first magnet and at a second distance from the tube, the second distance greater than the first distance. The valve includes a ferromagnetic fluid within the tube between the first magnet and the second magnet and held in position by a magnetic field generated by the first magnet. The amount of ferromagnetic fluid is sufficient to seal the tube when the fluid pressure is below a threshold pressure set by the second distance between the second magnet and the tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Massachusetts Eye & Ear InfirmaryInventors: Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios, Claes H. Dohlman
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Publication number: 20150202082Abstract: The disclosure includes devices and methods for controlling fluid flow. The devices include a tube configured to receive fluid from a fluid source; and a valve for controlling fluid flow through the tube, the valve responsive to fluid pressure in the tube. The valve includes a first magnet outside the tube at a fixed first distance from the tube and a second magnet outside the tube substantially opposite the first magnet and at a second distance from the tube, the second distance greater than the first distance. The valve includes a ferromagnetic fluid within the tube between the first magnet and the second magnet and held in position by a magnetic field generated by the first magnet. The amount of ferromagnetic fluid is sufficient to seal the tube when the fluid pressure is below a threshold pressure set by the second distance between the second magnet and the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: July 23, 2015Applicant: Massachusetts Eye & Ear InfirmaryInventors: Eleftherios Paschalis Ilios, Claes H. Dohlman