Patents by Inventor Karin Kellner

Karin Kellner 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).

  • Methods and reagents for tissue engineering of cartilage in vitro
    Patent number: 7052514
    Abstract: The present invention makes available an optimal concentration of a hedgehog polypeptide for modulating growth and/or cartilage production by chondrocytes. The present invention allows for improvements in the culturing of chondrocytes to develop cartilaginous tissue ex vivo suitable for implantation to replace damaged or deteriorated cartilage in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: Curis, Inc.
    Inventors: Karin Kellner, Kurt Lang, Apollon Papadimitriou, Ulrike Leser-Reiff, Michaela Schultz, Torsten Blunk, Achim Goepferich
  • Methods and reagents for tissue engineering of cartilage in vitro
    Publication number: 20020015719
    Abstract: The present invention makes available an optimal concentration of a hedgehog polypeptide for modulating growth and/or cartilage production by chondrocytes. The present invention allows for improvements in the culturing of chondrocytes to develop cartilaginous tissue ex vivo suitable for implantation to replace damaged or deteriorated cartilage in a patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Karin Kellner, Kurt Lang, Apollon Papadimitriou, Ulrike Leser-Reiff, Michaela Schultz, Torsten Blunk, Achim Goepferich