Patents by Inventor Hernan Nunez

Hernan Nunez 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: 7229959
    Abstract: This invention provides supplemented and unsupplemented tissue sealants as well as methods for their production and use thereof. Disclosed are tissue sealants supplemented with at least one antibody. The composition may be further supplemented with, for example, one or more analgesics, antimicrobial compositions, anticoagulants, antiproliferatives, anti-inflammatory compounds, cytokines, cytotoxins, drugs, growth factors, interferons, hormones, lipids, demineralized bone or bone morphogenetic proteins, cartilage inducing factors, oligonucleotides polymers, polysaccharides, polypeptides, protease inhibitors, vasoconstrictors or vasodilators, vitamins, minerals, stabilizers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: The American National Red Cross
    Inventors: William N. Drohan, Martin J. MacPhee, Hernan Nunez, Gene Liau, Wilson H. Burgess, Thomas Maciag
  • Patent number: 7196054
    Abstract: This invention provides supplemented and unsupplemented tissue sealants as well as methods for their production and use thereof. Disclosed are tissue sealants supplemented with at least one antimicrobial composition. The composition may be further supplemented with, for example, one or more antibodies, analgesics, anticoagulants, antiproliferatives, anti-inflammatory compounds, cytokines, cytotoxins, drugs, growth factors, interferons, hormones, lipids, demineralized bone or bone morphogenetic proteins, cartilage inducing factors, oligonucleotides polymers, polysaccharides, polypeptides, protease inhibitors, vasoconstrictors or vasodilators, vitamins, minerals, stabilizers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: The American National Red Cross
    Inventors: William N. Drohan, Martin J. MacPhee, Hernan Nunez, Gene Liau, Thomas Maciag, Wilson H. Burgess
  • Patent number: 7189410
    Abstract: This invention provides a fibrin sealant bandage, wherein said fibrin sealant may be supplemented with at least one composition selected from, for example, one or more regulatory compounds, antibody, antimicrobial compositions, analgesics, anticoagulants, antiproliferatives, anti-inflammatory compounds, cytokines, cytotoxins, drugs, growth factors, interferons, hormones, lipids, demineralized bone or bone morphogenetic proteins, cartilage inducing factors, oligonucleotides polymers, polysaccharides, polypeptides, protease inhibitors, vasoconstrictors or vasodilators, vitamins, minerals, stabilizers and the like. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and/or using the unsupplemented or supplemented fibrin sealant bandage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: The American National Red Cross
    Inventors: William N. Drohan, Martin J. MacPhee, Wilson H. Burgess, Hernan Nunez, Manish Singh, Gene Liau, Thomas Maciag
  • Patent number: RE39192
    Abstract: This invention provides supplemented tissue sealants, methods for their production and use thereof. Disclosed are tissue sealants supplemented with at least one cytotoxin or cell proliferation inhibiting composition. The composition may be further supplemented with, for example, one or more antibodies, analgesics, anticoagulants, anti-inflammatory compounds, antimicrobial compositions, cytokines, drugs, growth factors, interferons, hormones, lipids, deminearlized bone or bone morphogenetic proteins, cartilage inducing factors, oligonucleotides polymers, polysaccharides, polypeptides, protease inhibitors, vasoconstrictors or vasodilators, vitamins, minerals, stabilizers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: American National Red Cross
    Inventors: Martin James MacPhee, William Nash Drohan, Gene Liau, Hernan Nunez, Wilson H. Burgess, Thomas Maciag
  • Patent number: RE39298
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for the localized delivery of supplemented tissue sealants, wherein the supplemented tissue sealants comprise at least one composition which is selected from one or more antibodies, analgesics, anticoagulants, anti-inflammatory compounds, antimicrobial compositions, antiproliferatives, cytokines, cytotoxins, drugs, growth factors, interferons, hormones, lipids, demineralized bone or bone morphogenetic proteins, cartilage inducing factors, oligonucleotides polymers, polysaccharides, polypeptides, protease inhibitors, vasoconstrictors or vasodilators, vitamins, minerals, stabilizers and the like. Further provided are methods of using the site-specific supplemented tissue sealants, including preparation of a biomaterial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: The American National Red Cross
    Inventors: Martin J. MacPhee, William N. Drohan, Gene Liau, Hernan Nunez, Wilson H. Burgess, Thomas Maciag, Manish Singh
  • Patent number: RE39321
    Abstract: This invention provides a fibrin sealant dressing, wherein said fibrin sealant may be supplemented with at least one composition selected from, for example, one or more regulatory compounds, antibody, antimicrobial compositions, analgesics, anticoagulants, antiproliferatives, antiinflammatory compounds, cytokines, cytotoxins, drugs, growth factors, interferons, hormones, lipids, demineralized bone or bone morphogenetic proteins, cartilage inducing factors, oligonucleotides polymers, polysaccharides, polypeptides, protease inhibitors, vasoconstrictors or vasodilators, vitamins, minerals, stabilizers and the like. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and/or using the unsupplemented or supplemented fibrin sealant dressing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: The American National Red Cross
    Inventors: Martin J. MacPhee, William N. Drohan, Gene Liau, Hernan Nunez, Wilson H. Burgess, Jeffrey O. Hollinger, Thomas Maciag