Patents by Inventor Franciscus Petrus Thomas Baaijens

Franciscus Petrus Thomas Baaijens 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a tissue-engineered construct
    Patent number: 8609415
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a tissue-engineered construct, such as a heart valve, comprising the steps of providing a-cell-seeded scaffold in a bioreactor chamber which bioreactor chamber is divided by the cell-seeded scaffold into a first compartment and a second compartment, subjecting the cell-seeded scaffold to a flow of nutrient medium within the bioreactor chamber for developing the cell-seeded scaffold to a tissue structure and next to the tissue construct, applying a dynamic pressure difference to the developing tissue structure by the flow of nutrient medium to induce dynamic strain on the tissue structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Stichting Voor de Technische Wetenschappen
    Inventors: Jeroen Kortsmit, Niels Jozef Bart Driessen, Marcel Cornelis Maria Rutten, Franciscus Petrus Thomas Baaijens
  • Preform produced by electrospinning, method for producing the same and use of such a preform
    Patent number: 8551778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a preform by means of an electrospinning process. The present invention also relates to the use of the present preform as a substrate for growing human or animal tissue thereon. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for growing human or animal tissue on a substrate, wherein the present preform is used as the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
    Inventor: Franciscus Petrus Thomas Baaijens
  • Multilayer preform obtained by electro-spinning, method for producing a preform as well as use thereof
    Publication number: 20110250689
    Abstract: The invention relates a multilayer preform obtained by electro-spinning, which preform is suitable as a scaffold for a prosthesis, which preform comprises at least one layer of microfibres and at least one layer of nanofibres, wherein the pore size of the at least one layer of microfibres is in the range of 1-300 micrometre and in that the pore size of the at least one layer of nanofibres is in the range of 1-300 micrometre. The present invention also relates to a method of producing said preform. The present invention also relates to the use of the present preform as a substrate for growing human or animal tissue thereon. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for growing human or animal tissue on a substrate, wherein the present preform is used as the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Franciscus Petrus Thomas Baaijens, Mirjam Petronella Rubbens, Martijn Antonius Johannes Cox
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TISSUE-ENGINEERED CONSTRUCT
    Publication number: 20110033885
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing a tissue-engineered construct, such as a heart valve, comprising the steps of providing a-cell-seeded scaffold in a bioreactor chamber which bioreactor chamber is divided by the cell-seeded scaffold into a first compartment and a second compartment, subjecting the cell-seeded scaffold to a flow of nutrient medium within the bioreactor chamber for developing the cell-seeded scaffold to a tissue structure and next to the tissue construct, applying a dynamic pressure difference to the developing tissue structure by the flow of nutrient medium to induce dynamic strain on the tissue structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jeroen Kortsmit, Niels Jozef Bart Driessen, Marcel Cornelis Maria Rutten, Franciscus Petrus Thomas Baaijens
  • Preform Produced By Electrospinning, Method For Producing The Same And Use Of Such A Preform
    Publication number: 20080131965
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a preform by means of an electrospinning process. The present invention also relates to the use of the present preform as a substrate for growing human or animal tissue thereon. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for growing human or animal tissue on a substrate, wherein the present preform is used as the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: Franciscus Petrus Thomas Baaijens