Patents by Inventor Jill E. Shea

Jill E. Shea 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: 20260198923
    Abstract: A vascular anastomosis system includes a first outer ring with a front side, a back side, a circumferential inner wall defining a lumen, a circumferential outer wall radially spaced from the inner wall, and an annular space between the inner wall and the outer wall. The system also includes a first inner ring configured to fit within the annular space to hold an everted end of a vessel within the annular space. The system may further comprise a second outer ring and a second inner ring, with the first and second outer rings being connectable via an interference fit. The system may also include a deployment tool configured to hold and connect the first and second ring assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Azur AZAPAGIC, Jayant P. AGARWAL, Himanshu J. SANT, Bruce K. GALE, Jill E. SHEA, Samuel NELSON, Huizhong LI
  • Publication number: 20250375377
    Abstract: An opioid independent surgical anesthetic composition includes an injectable dosage form of a hydrogel having a plurality of solid lipid matrix particles entrapped therein. The solid lipid matrix particles include a lipophilic local anesthetic drug and a lipid glyceride (e.g., saturated triglyceride or lipid blend of various lipid glycerides). Methods for creating a long-acting local anesthetic product can include creating a bulk solid of a lipid matrix product by heating a lipid solvent above its melting point, dissolving a lipophilic local anesthetic drug therein, reducing a temperature of the resultant drug-lipid solution to below the melting point of the lipid solvent, and heat annealing the lipid matrix to remove or reduce presence of any unstable polymorphs in the lipid matrix. The methods can further include crushing the bulk solid of the lipid matrix product to form solid lipid matrix particles and entrapping the solid lipid matrix particles within a hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Brett Davis, Andrew M. Simpson, Jayant P. Agarwal, Jill E. Shea, Himanshu Jayant Sant, Bruce K. Gale
  • Patent number: 12414917
    Abstract: An opioid independent surgical anesthetic composition includes an injectable dosage form of a hydrogel having a plurality of solid lipid matrix particles entrapped therein. The solid lipid matrix particles include a lipophilic local anesthetic drug and a lipid glyceride (e.g., saturated triglyceride or lipid blend of various lipid glycerides). Methods for creating a long-acting local anesthetic product can include creating a bulk solid of a lipid matrix product by heating a lipid solvent above its melting point, dissolving a lipophilic local anesthetic drug therein, reducing a temperature of the resultant drug-lipid solution to below the melting point of the lipid solvent, and heat annealing the lipid matrix to remove or reduce presence of any unstable polymorphs in the lipid matrix. The methods can further include crushing the bulk solid of the lipid matrix product to form solid lipid matrix particles and entrapping the solid lipid matrix particles within a hydrogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2025
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: Brett Davis, Andrew M. Simpson, Jayant P. Agarwal, Jill E. Shea, Himanshu Jayant Sant, Bruce K. Gale
  • Publication number: 20230075772
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate scaffolds containing fluoridated apatites sintered at a temperature of at least 950° C. and with at least one integration aid to increase integration of the scaffold in a patient, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Sujee Jeyapalina, Jayant P. Agarwal, Jill E. Shea, James Peter Beck, Clark Richard Nielson, Samantha Steyl
  • Publication number: 20230000772
    Abstract: An opioid independent surgical anesthetic composition includes an injectable dosage form of a hydrogel having a plurality of solid lipid matrix particles entrapped therein. The solid lipid matrix particles include a lipophilic local anesthetic drug and a lipid glyceride (e.g., saturated triglyceride or lipid blend of various lipid glycerides). Methods for creating a long-acting local anesthetic product can include creating a bulk solid of a lipid matrix product by heating a lipid solvent above its melting point, dissolving a lipophilic local anesthetic drug therein, reducing a temperature of the resultant drug-lipid solution to below the melting point of the lipid solvent, and heat annealing the lipid matrix to remove or reduce presence of any unstable polymorphs in the lipid matrix. The methods can further include crushing the bulk solid of the lipid matrix product to form solid lipid matrix particles and entrapping the solid lipid matrix particles within a hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Brett Davis, Andrew M. Simpson, Jayant P. Agarwal, Jill E. Shea, Himanshu Jayant Sant, Bruce K. Gale
  • Publication number: 20220080079
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate scaffolds containing fluoridated apatites sintered at a temperature of at least 950° C. to increase integration of the scaffold in a patient, as well as methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sujeevini Jeyapalina, Brian T. Bennett, Jayant P. Agarwal, Taylor David Sparks, James Peter Beck, Jill E. Shea, Mark R. Durham, Pratima Labroo, Clark Nielson, Prasenjit Podder