Patents by Inventor Elizabeth Dianne Rekow

Elizabeth Dianne Rekow 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).

  • Patent number: 10945845
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multiphasic, three-dimensionally printed, tissue repair devices or scaffolds useful for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or deficiency, methods for making the same and methods for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or deficiency using the same. The scaffold has a porous bone ingrowth area containing interconnected struts surrounded by a microporous shell. At the ends of the scaffold, the shell may be extended as a guide flange to stabilize the scaffold between ends of bone. The center of the scaffold may be empty and may serve as a potential marrow space. The porous ingrowth structure may be infiltrated with a soluble filler or carrier, such as, for example calcium sulfate which may be infiltrated with one or more of an antibiotic, a growth factor, a differentiation factors, a cytokine, a drug, or a combination of these agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: New York University
    Inventors: John L. Ricci, Elizabeth Clark, Paulo Coelho, Elizabeth Dianne Rekow, James Smay, Van P. Thompson
  • Publication number: 20150150681
    Abstract: The present invention relates to multiphasic, three-dimensionally printed, tissue repair devices or scaffolds useful for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or deficiency, methods for making the same and methods for promoting bone growth and treating bone fracture, defect or deficiency using the same. The scaffold has a porous bone ingrowth area containing interconnected struts surrounded by a microporous shell. At the ends of the scaffold, the shell may be extended as a guide flange to stabilize the scaffold between ends of bone. The center of the scaffold may be empty and may serve as a potential marrow space. The porous ingrowth structure may be infiltrated with a soluble filler or carrier, such as, for example calcium sulfate which may be infiltrated with one or more of an antibiotic, a growth factor, a differentiation factors, a cytokine, a drug, or a combination of these agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: John L. Ricci, Elizabeth Clark, Paulo Coelho, Elizabeth Dianne Rekow, James Smay, Van P. Thompson