Patents by Inventor Helena Silva

Helena Silva 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).

  • USE OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD DERIVED EXOSOMES FOR TISSUE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20240075074
    Abstract: The subject invention provides a method for promoting wound healing in a patient in need thereof comprising contacting a wound of the patient with exosomes secreted by umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells (UCBMNCs) so as to thereby promote wound healing in the patient. The subject application also provides a method for promoting wound healing in a patient in need thereof comprising contacting a wound of the patient with a composition comprising one or more miRNA and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier so as to thereby promote wound healing in the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lino da Silva Ferreira, Joana CORREIA, Renato Manuel Soares CARDOSO, Maria Helena Henriques Antunes
  • Phase change device configured to modify a plurality of reconfigurable layer regions among a plurality of contacts
    Patent number: 11114161
    Abstract: A reconfigurable phase change device with methods for operating and forming the same are disclosed. An example device can comprise a reconfigurable layer comprising a phase change material, and a set of contacts connected with the reconfigurable layer. The set of contacts can comprise at least a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact. The device can comprise at least one control element electrically coupled with one or more of the set of contacts. The at least one control element can be configured to supply a first control signal to one or more of the set of contacts. The first control signal can be configured to modify a first portion of the reconfigurable layer thereby isolating the first contact from the second contact and the third contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Nadim H. Kan'an, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva
  • Reconfigurable Phase Change Device
    Publication number: 20190043579
    Abstract: A reconfigurable phase change device with methods for operating and forming the same are disclosed. An example device can comprise a reconfigurable layer comprising a phase change material, and a set of contacts connected with the reconfigurable layer. The set of contacts can comprise at least a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact. The device can comprise at least one control element electrically coupled with one or more of the set of contacts. The at least one control element can be configured to supply a first control signal to one or more of the set of contacts. The first control signal can be configured to modify a first portion of the reconfigurable layer thereby isolating the first contact from the second contact and the third contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Nadim H. Kan'an, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva
  • Tube-shaped reconfigurable phase change device having multiple sets of contacts
    Patent number: 10083747
    Abstract: A reconfigurable phase change device with methods for operating and forming the same are disclosed. An example device can comprise a reconfigurable layer comprising a phase change material, and a set of contacts connected with the reconfigurable layer. The set of contacts can comprise at least a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact. The device can comprise at least one control element electrically coupled with one or more of the set of contacts. The at least one control element can be configured to supply a first control signal to one or more of the set of contacts. The first control signal can be configured to modify a first portion of the reconfigurable layer thereby isolating the first contact from the second contact and the third contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT
    Inventors: Nadim H. Kan'an, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva
  • Reconfigurable Phase Change Device
    Publication number: 20170249988
    Abstract: A reconfigurable phase change device with methods for operating and forming the same are disclosed. An example device can comprise a reconfigurable layer comprising a phase change material, and a set of contacts connected with the reconfigurable layer. The set of contacts can comprise at least a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact. The device can comprise at least one control element electrically coupled with one or more of the set of contacts. The at least one control element can be configured to supply a first control signal to one or more of the set of contacts. The first control signal can be configured to modify a first portion of the reconfigurable layer thereby isolating the first contact from the second contact and the third contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Nadim H. Kan'an, Ali Gokirmak, Helena Silva