Patents by Inventor Elle KOIVUNOTKO

Elle KOIVUNOTKO 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).

  • CONTROLLING FREEZE-DRYING OF A HYDROGEL
    Publication number: 20220348882
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling freeze-drying of a hydrogel wherein the method comprises adjusting the residual water content of the freeze-dried hydrogel, and to a freeze-dried hydrogel composition comprising nanoscale cellulose and a at least one biomolecule selected from an oligosaccharide or a disaccharide. The present disclosure further concerns the use of the freeze-dried hydrogel composition for cell culturing, a cell culturing scaffold as well as a process for manufacturing a reconstituted hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Marjo YLIPERTTULA, Arto MERIVAARA, Elle KOIVUNOTKO, Kalle MANNINEN, Sami VALKONEN, Markus NUOPPONEN, Lauri PAASONEN
  • METHOD FOR FREEZE-DRYING A HYDROGEL COMPOSITION AND A FREEZE-DRIED HYDROGEL COMPOSITION
    Publication number: 20220349651
    Abstract: A method for freeze-drying a hydrogel composition is disclosed, the method comprising providing the hydrogel composition, wherein the hydrogel composition comprises cellulose nanofibrils and/or cellulose nanocrystals, at least one saccharide, at least one amino acid, and biologics; and freeze-drying the hydrogel composition, thereby obtaining a freeze-dried hydrogel composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Markus Nuopponen, Marjo Yliperttula, Arto Merivaara, Ossi Korhonen, Jacopo Zini, Elle Koivunotko, Lisa Chinello, Giulia Scapin, Anne Meriluoto, Lauri Paasonen