Patents by Inventor Juerg Tschopp

Juerg Tschopp 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: 20060008905
    Abstract: Compositions of cross-linked collagen and a glycosaminoglycan are provided which retain characteristics rendering them useful as tissue engineering matrices or scaffolds following terminal sterilization. Also provided are methods for producing these compositions and terminally sterilized matrices or scaffolds from these compositions as well as methods of using these matrices or scaffolds as tissue engineering devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Ralph-Heiko Mattern, Michael Pierschbacher, Fred Cahn, Juerg Tschopp, Timothy Malaney
  • Patent number: 5770565
    Abstract: The present invention provides Arg-Gly-Asp peptides that can reduce or inhibit the binding of osteoclasts to a matrix such as bone or can selectively alter integrin receptor binding. The invention also provides methods of using the Arg-Gly-Asp peptides to reduce or inhibit osteoclast binding to a matrix, to reduce or inhibit bone resorption in a subject and to alter .alpha..sub.V .beta..sub.3 binding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: La Jolla Cancer Research Center
    Inventors: Soan Cheng, Ronald Ingram, Daniel Mullen, Juerg Tschopp