Patents by Inventor Katherine Lathrop Knight

Katherine Lathrop Knight 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).

  • Omentum as a source of stromal/stem cells and medical treatment using stromal/stem cells
    Patent number: 9029139
    Abstract: Methods for generating and using omentum cells, and particularly stromal cells and/or omentum stem cells, in medical treatments such as tissue repair and regeneration to facilitate healing from traumatic injury to an abdominal organ, and immune modulation treatments such as suppression of immune responses and inflammation and prevention of tissue fibrosis. According to one aspect, a medical procedure is performed on a patient that involves harvesting omental tissue from the patient, and then transferring the omental tissue to an organ of the patient. At least a portion of the harvested omental tissue may be activated prior to transferring the omental tissue to the organ. Alternatively, the transferred omental tissue may comprise non-lymphoid cells isolated from the omentum tissue and obtained by homogenizing at least a portion of the harvested omental tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Loyola University of Chicago
    Inventors: Makio Iwashima, Robert Love, Rudolf Karl Braun, Perianna Sethupathi, Katherine Lathrop Knight
  • OMENTUM AS A SOURCE OF STROMAL/STEM CELLS AND MEDICAL TREATMENTS USING STROMAL/STEM CELLS
    Publication number: 20110081321
    Abstract: Methods for generating and using omentum cells, and particularly stromal cells and/or omentum stem cells, in medical treatments such as tissue repair and regeneration to facilitate healing from traumatic injury to an abdominal organ, and immune modulation treatments such as suppression of immune responses and inflammation and prevention of tissue fibrosis. According to one aspect, a medical procedure is performed on a patient that involves harvesting omental tissue from the patient, and then transferring the omental tissue to an organ of the patient. At least a portion of the harvested omental tissue may be activated prior to transferring the omental tissue to the organ. Alternatively, the transferred omental tissue may comprise non-lymphoid cells isolated from the omentum tissue and obtained by homogenizing at least a portion of the harvested omental tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Applicant: LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
    Inventors: Makio Iwashima, Robert Love, Rudolf Karl Braun, Perianna Sethupathi, Katherine Lathrop Knight