Patents by Inventor Joseph John Hammer

Joseph John Hammer 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).

  • Attachment of absorbable tissue scaffolds to scaffold fixation devices
    Publication number: 20020183858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tissue scaffold implant devices useful in the repair and/or regeneration of diseased and/or damaged musculoskeletal tissue and that include a foam tissue scaffold component fixedly attached to a scaffold fixation component via partial encapsulation of the fixation component by the foam scaffold component, and to methods of making such tissue scaffold implant devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph H. Contiliano, Joseph John Hammer, Alireza Rezania, Angelo G. Scopelianos, Murty Narayan Vyakarnam, Mark Charles Zimmerman
  • Implantable biodegradable devices for musculoskeletal repair or regeneration
    Publication number: 20020119179
    Abstract: An implantable biodegradable device is disclosed containing a fibrous matrix, the fibrous matrix being constructed from fibers A and fibers B, wherein fibers A biodegrade faster than fibers B, fibers A and fibers B are present in relative amounts and are organized such that the fibrous matrix is provided with properties useful in repair and/or regeneration of mammalian tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Alireza Rezania, Joseph John Hammer, Iksoo Chun, Mark Charles Zimmerman, Mora Carolynne Melican