Patents by Inventor John A. Wolf

John A. Wolf 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).

  • Implantable Living Electrodes And Methods For Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20260007890
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention comprises an implantable living electrode comprising a substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core; one or more neurons implanted along or within the substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core, the one or more neurons including one or more optogenetic or magnetogenetic neurons proximal to a first end of the implantable living electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2025
    Publication date: January 8, 2026
    Inventors: Daniel Kacy Cullen, James P. Harris, John A. Wolf, Han-Chiao Isaac Chen, Douglas H. Smith, Mijail Serruya
  • Implantable Living Electrodes And Methods For Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20240359010
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention comprises an implantable living electrode comprising a substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core; one or more neurons implanted along or within the substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core, the one or more neurons including one or more optogenetic or magnetogenetic neurons proximal to a first end of the implantable living electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Kacy Cullen, James P. Harris, John A. Wolf, Han-Chiao Isaac Chen, Douglas H. Smith, Mijail Serruya
  • Implantable living electrodes and methods for use thereof
    Patent number: 12090323
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention comprises an implantable living electrode comprising a substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core; one or more neurons implanted along or within the substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core, the one or more neurons including one or more optogenetic or magnetogenetic neurons proximal to a first end of the implantable living electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University
    Inventors: Daniel Kacy Cullen, James P. Harris, John A. Wolf, Han-Chiao Isaac Chen, Douglas H. Smith, Mijail Serruya
  • Implantable Living Electrodes And Methods For Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20210393960
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention comprises an implantable living electrode comprising a substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core; one or more neurons implanted along or within the substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core, the one or more neurons including one or more optogenetic or magnetogenetic neurons proximal to a first end of the implantable living electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Kacy Cullen, James P. Harris, John A. Wolf, Han-Chiao Isaac Chen, Douglas H. Smith, Mijail Serruya
  • Repair of peripheral nerve injury
    Patent number: 10525085
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for maintaining the pro-regenerative capacity of distal nerve segments following nerve injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Douglas H. Smith, Daniel Kacy Cullen, John A. Wolf
  • IMPLANTABLE LIVING ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190126043
    Abstract: In one aspect, the invention comprises an implantable living electrode comprising a substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core; one or more neurons implanted along or within the substantially cylindrical extracellular matrix core, the one or more neurons including one or more optogenetic or magnetogenetic neurons proximal to a first end of the implantable living electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Kacy Cullen, James P. Harris, John A. Wolf, H. Isaac Chen, Douglas H. Smith, Mijail Serruya
  • Repair of Peripheral Nerve Injury
    Publication number: 20180214492
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for maintaining the pro-regenerative capacity of distal nerve segments following nerve injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Douglas H. SMITH, Daniel Kacy CULLEN, John A. WOLF
  • Repair of peripheral nerve injury
    Patent number: 9895399
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for maintaining the pro-regenerative capacity of distal nerve segments following nerve injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
    Inventors: Douglas H. Smith, Kacy D. Cullen, John A. Wolf
  • REPAIR OF PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY
    Publication number: 20150352153
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for maintaining the pro-regenerative capacity of distal nerve segments following nerve injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Douglas H. Smith, Kacy D. Cullen, John A. Wolf