Patents by Inventor Jacob M. Thibodeau

Jacob M. Thibodeau 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).

  • Gas and liquid tissue culture interface
    Patent number: 9321988
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is described for culturing and conditioning cells on a sample. The apparatus includes a fluid delivery system that transmits gas to a first surface of a sample and transmits liquid to an opposite surface of the sample without transmitting liquid onto the first surface. Further, while culturing cells on the sample, the apparatus enables a constant or variable tension and shear stress applied to the sample. The apparatus may thus, for example, be used to culture cells on an external surface of a tissue construct with air and culture cells underneath the tissue construct with a cell growth media. The fluid delivery system may alternatively transmit liquid cell growth media underneath and on the sides of the tissue construct without flowing onto a designated external surface of the tissue construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Blaise D. Porter, Philippe Levesque, Jacob M. Thibodeau
  • Rotating cell seeding module
    Patent number: 8513003
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is described for seeding cells on a sample or specimen. The cells may be selectively and locally seeded on an upper and lower surface of a planar sample or specimen or on either or both of an interior luminal surface and exterior surface of a hollow sample or specimen. The apparatus includes a chamber suitable for cell seeding, cell growth, and cell conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Maria J. Moreno, Philippe Levesque, Jacob M. Thibodeau
  • ROTATING CELL SEEDING MODULE
    Publication number: 20120178155
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is described for seeding cells on a sample or specimen. The cells may be selectively and locally seeded on an upper and lower surface of a planar sample or specimen or on either or both of an interior luminal surface and exterior surface of a hollow sample or specimen. The apparatus includes a chamber suitable for cell seeding, cell growth, and cell conditioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: TISSUE GROWTH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philippe Levesque, Jacob M. Thibodeau, Maria J. Moreno
  • Cell seeding module
    Patent number: 8173420
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is described for seeding cells on a sample or specimen. The cells may be selectively and locally seeded on an upper and lower surface of a planar sample or specimen or on either or both of an interior luminal surface and exterior surface of a hollow sample or specimen. The apparatus includes a chamber suitable for cell seeding, cell growth, and cell conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Tissue Growth Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Maria J. Moreno, Philippe Levesque, Jacob M. Thibodeau
  • GAS AND LIQUID TISSUE CULTURE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20100323438
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is described for culturing and conditioning cells on a sample. The apparatus includes a fluid delivery system that transmits gas to a first surface of a sample and transmits liquid to an opposite surface of the sample without transmitting liquid onto the first surface. Further, while culturing cells on the sample, the apparatus enables a constant or variable tension and shear stress applied to the sample. The apparatus may thus, for example, be used to culture cells on an external surface of a tissue construct with air and culture cells underneath the tissue construct with a cell growth media. The fluid delivery system may alternatively transmit liquid cell growth media underneath and on the sides of the tissue construct without flowing onto a designated external surface of the tissue construct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: TISSUE GROWTH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Blaise D. Porter, Philippe Levesque, Jacob M. Thibodeau