Patents by Inventor Jee-Heon JEONG

Jee-Heon JEONG 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).

  • Publication number: 20230165903
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to spheroids for suppressing immune rejection including mesenchymal stem cells and rapamycin microparticles, uses thereof, and a preparation method thereof, wherein the spheroids includes the mesenchymal stem cells and rapamycin microparticles have increased PD-L1 expression of mesenchymal stem cells by the rapamycin microparticles such that the spheroids in which PD-L1 expression on the surface is increased suppress T cells and inflammatory responses that induce immune rejection to the pancreatic islet cells transplanted in vivo, thereby exhibiting the effect of maintaining a survival period and insulin secretion functions of transplanted pancreatic islet cells for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: RESEARCH COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jee-Heon JEONG, Tien Tiep NGUYEN
  • Publication number: 20220105047
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microcapsule composition in which polydopamine-coated calcium carbonate microspheres are encapsulated by forming an alginate gel on the surface of a spheroid conjugated thereto, and a method of preparing the same, and it is confirmed that according to the method of preparing the microcapsule, the drug or physiologically active material was individually microencapsulated by gradually forming an alginate gel on the surface of the spheroid containing the drug or physiologically active material, a drug or a bioactive material is placed in the center of a capsule in a very simple way, and a capsule of a very small size can be manufactured in a short time compared to the conventional encapsulation method by adjusting the size of the capsule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: RESEARCH COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF YEUNGNAM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jee-Heon JEONG, Thanh Tung PHAM