Patents by Inventor John K. Fraser

John K. Fraser 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).

  • Patent number: 8337834
    Abstract: Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Compositions that are administered to a patient include a mixture of adipose tissue and stem cells so that the composition has a higher concentration of stem cells than when the adipose tissue was removed from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick
  • Publication number: 20120315257
    Abstract: Cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with PVD and related diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick, Eric Daniels
  • Publication number: 20120308518
    Abstract: Cells present in adipose tissue are used to stroke and stroke related diseases and disorders in a patient. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the regenerative cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick, Brian M. Strem
  • Publication number: 20120308536
    Abstract: Methods of treating patients for conditions such as breast augmentation, soft tissue defects, and urinary incontinence, are described. The methods include removing adipose tissue from a patient, processing a portion of the adipose tissue to obtain a substantially isolated population of cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived stem cells, mixing the concentrated population of adipose-derived cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived cells with a portion of unprocessed, intact, non-disaggregated adipose tissue to form a composition, and administering the composition to the patient from which the adipose tissue was removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Marc H. Hedrick, John K. Fraser
  • Publication number: 20120264200
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that are used to separate cells from a wide variety of tissues. In particular, automated systems and methods are described that separate regenerative cells, e.g., stem and/or progenitor cells, from adipose tissue. The systems and methods described herein provide rapid and reliable methods of separating and concentrating regenerative cells suitable for re-infusion into a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Marc H. Hedrick, John K. Fraser, Michael J. Schulzki, Bobby Byrnes, Grace Carlson, Rhonda Elizabeth Schreiber, Isabella Wulur
  • Patent number: 8246947
    Abstract: Methods of treating patients for conditions such as breast augmentation, soft tissue defects, and urinary incontinence, are described. The methods include removing adipose tissue from a patient, processing a portion of the adipose tissue to obtain a substantially isolated population of cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived stem cells, mixing the concentrated population of adipose-derived cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived cells with a portion of unprocessed, intact, non-disaggregated adipose tissue to form a composition, and administering the composition to the patient from which the adipose tissue was removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc H. Hedrick, John K. Fraser
  • Publication number: 20120121556
    Abstract: Cells present in adipose tissue are used to promote wound healing in a patient. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the regenerative cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick, Eric Daniels
  • Patent number: 8163276
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described that are used to separate cells from a wide variety of tissues. In particular, automated systems and methods are described that separate regenerative cells, e.g., stem and/or progenitor cells, from adipose tissue. The systems and methods described herein provide rapid and reliable methods of separating and concentrating regenerative cells suitable for re-infusion into a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc H. Hedrick, John K. Fraser, Michael J. Schulzki, Bobby Byrnes, Grace Carlson, Ronda Schreiber, Isabella Wulur
  • Publication number: 20120058093
    Abstract: Cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with PVD and related diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick, Eric Daniels
  • Patent number: 8119121
    Abstract: Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Compositions that are administered to a patient include a mixture of adipose tissue and stem cells so that the composition has a higher concentration of stem cells than when the adipose tissue was removed from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick
  • Patent number: 8105580
    Abstract: Cells present in adipose tissue are used to promote wound healing in a patient. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the regenerative cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick, Eric Daniels
  • Publication number: 20110206646
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention provides methods for preparing and using adipose-tissue-derived stem and progenitor cells, adipose-tissue-derived lymphatic endothelial cells, and cells capable of differentiating into lymphatic endothelial cells to treat disorders of the lymphatic system and to modulate expansion, repair, and/or regeneration of the lymphatic system. The invention further provides using adipose-tissue-derived lymphatic endothelial cells and cells capable of differentiating into lymphatic endothelial cells for delivery of therapeutic agents to tumor cells as a means for treating malignant disease, and assays to screen for drugs that modulate lymphatic system expansion, repair or regeneration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Zeni Alfonso, John K. Fraser
  • Publication number: 20110158968
    Abstract: Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Compositions that are administered to a patient include a mixture of adipose tissue and stem cells so that the composition has a higher concentration of stem cells than when the adipose tissue was removed from the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick
  • Patent number: 7901672
    Abstract: Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Compositions that are administered to a patient include a mixture of adipose tissue and stem cells so that the composition has a higher concentration of stem cells than when the adipose tissue was removed from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick
  • Patent number: 7887795
    Abstract: Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Compositions that are administered to a patient include a mixture of adipose tissue and stem cells so that the composition has a higher concentration of stem cells than when the adipose tissue was removed from the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick
  • Publication number: 20110003388
    Abstract: Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Compositions that are administered to a patient include a mixture of adipose tissue and stem cells so that the composition has a higher concentration of stem cells than when the adipose tissue was removed from the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick
  • Publication number: 20100330673
    Abstract: Cells present in processed lipoaspirate tissue are used to treat patients. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of stem cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Compositions that are administered to a patient include a mixture of adipose tissue and stem cells so that the composition has a higher concentration of stem cells than when the adipose tissue was removed from the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: John K. Fraser, Marc H. Hedrick
  • Publication number: 20100303774
    Abstract: Regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with musculoskeletal diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic musculoskeletal benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: CYTORI THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Marc H. Hedrick, John K. Fraser, Susan Lynn Riley, Ronda Elizabeth Schreiber
  • Publication number: 20100233139
    Abstract: Methods of treating patients for conditions such as breast augmentation, soft tissue defects, and urinary incontinence, are described. The methods include removing adipose tissue from a patient, processing a portion of the adipose tissue to obtain a substantially isolated population of cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived stem cells, mixing the concentrated population of adipose-derived cells comprising disaggregated adipose-derived cells with a portion of unprocessed, intact, non-disaggregated adipose tissue to form a composition, and administering the composition to the patient from which the adipose tissue was removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Marc H. Hedrick, John K. Fraser
  • Patent number: 7771716
    Abstract: Regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are used to treat patients, including patients with musculoskeletal diseases or disorders. Methods of treating patients include processing adipose tissue to deliver a concentrated amount of regenerative cells obtained from the adipose tissue to a patient. The methods may be practiced in a closed system so that the stem cells are not exposed to an external environment prior to being administered to a patient. Accordingly, in a preferred method, regenerative cells present in adipose tissue are placed directly into a recipient along with such additives necessary to promote, engender or support a therapeutic musculoskeletal benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Marc H. Hedrick, John K. Fraser, Susan Lynn Riley, Ronda Elizabeth Schreiber