Patents by Inventor Javier Macossay-Torres

Javier Macossay-Torres 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).

  • Methods for making artificial ligaments and tendons
    Patent number: 8980159
    Abstract: Prosthetic ligaments and tendons comprising ligament- or tendon-mimicking nanofibers and methods of making such nanofibers and prosthetic ligaments and tendons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventor: Javier Macossay-Torres
  • ARTIFICIAL LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS COMPRISING MULTIFILAMENTS AND NANOFIBERS AND METHODS FOR MAKING
    Publication number: 20130053958
    Abstract: Prosthetic ligaments and tendons comprising ligament- or tendon-mimicking nanofibers and methods of making such nanofibers and prosthetic ligaments and tendons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Javier Macossay-Torres
  • Artificial ligaments and tendons comprising multifilaments and nanofibers and methods for making
    Patent number: 8142501
    Abstract: Prosthetic ligaments and tendons comprising ligament- or tendon-mimicking nanofibers and methods of making such nanofibers and prosthetic ligaments and tendons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
    Inventor: Javier Macossay-Torres
  • FIBERS AND METHODS RELATING THERETO
    Publication number: 20090326128
    Abstract: The present invention provides micro- and nanofibers made from polymers that comprise nanoparticles, such as carbon nanoparticles and inorganic nanoparticles, and methods of making such fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Javier Macossay-Torres
  • ARTIFICIAL LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS COMPRISING MULTIFILAMENTS AND NANOFIBERS AND METHODS FOR MAKING
    Publication number: 20090306775
    Abstract: Prosthetic ligaments and tendons comprising ligament- or tendon-mimicking nanofibers and methods of making such nanofibers and prosthetic ligaments and tendons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventor: Javier Macossay-Torres