Patents by Inventor Karen L. Christman

Karen L. Christman 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).

  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE FOR INFUSIBLE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
    Publication number: 20230364152
    Abstract: Compositions and methods of using infusible extracellular matrix (iECM) as a treatment for vascular injury or tissue injury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Karen L. Christman, Ryan Middleton, Raymond Wang, Mark Hepokoski, Martin Spang
  • Catheter injectable cyclic peptide pro-gelators for myocardial tissue engineering
    Patent number: 11530240
    Abstract: Cyclic peptide pro-gelator compositions, and methods of therapeutic use, which assemble into macromolecular hydrogel when administered through cleavage by endogenous enzymes upregulated at a site of tissue injury, such as a myocardial infarction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Nathan C. Gianneschi, Karen L. Christman, Andrea S. Carlini
  • Catheter Injectable Cyclic Peptide Pro-Gelators for Myocardial Tissue Engineering
    Publication number: 20210054027
    Abstract: Cyclic peptide pro-gelator compositions, and methods of therapeutic use, which assemble into macromolecular hydrogel when administered through cleavage by endogenous enzymes upregulated at a site of tissue injury, such as a myocardial infarction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Nathan C. Gianneschi, Karen L. Christman, Andrea S. Carlini
  • ENZYME-RESPONSIVE NANOPARTICLES
    Publication number: 20180092845
    Abstract: Described herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for using block copolymers and polymeric micelles for treating myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, or heart failure in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan C. Gianneschi, Karen L. Christman
  • Decellularized and Delipidized Extracellular Matrix and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20120264190
    Abstract: Compositions comprising decellularized and delipidized extracellular matrix derived from adipose or loose connective tissue, and therapeutic uses thereof. Methods for treating, repairing or regenerating defective, diseased, or damaged adipose or loose connective tissues or organs in a subject, preferably a human, and/or for tissue engineering, filing soft tissue defects, and cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, using a decellularized and delipidized adipose or loose connective tissue extracellular matrix of the invention are provided. Methods of preparing tissue culture surfaces and culturing cells with adsorbed decellularized and delipidized adipose or loose connective tissue extracellular matrix are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Karen L. Christman, D. Adam Young