Patents by Inventor Kris C. Wood

Kris C. Wood 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).

  • MAGNETIC SINGLE CELL ARRAYS FOR PROBING CELL-DRUG AND CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20180257075
    Abstract: The current invention relates to systems for transporting, trapping, and releasing magnetically-labeled bioparticles within microfluidic environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Benjamin B. Yellen, David M. Murdoch, Roozbeh Abedini-Nassab, Kris C. Wood
  • Methods of making decomposable thin films of polyelectrolytes and uses thereof
    Patent number: 8105652
    Abstract: A decomposable thin film comprising a plurality of polyelectrolyte layers of alternating charge, wherein decomposition of the thin film is characterized by degradation of at least a portion of the polyelectrolyte layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Kris C. Wood, Helen F. Chuang, Robert D. Batten, David M. Lynn, Paula T. Hammond Cunningham
  • Hierarchically self-assembling linear-dendritic hybrid polymers for delivery of biologically active agents
    Publication number: 20080226739
    Abstract: A linear-dendritic hybrid polymer for encapsulating biologically active materials. The hybrid polymer includes a ligand for a predetermined target, a dendron, and a polyethylene glycol (PEG) chain linking the ligand to the dendron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Kris C. Wood, Paula Hammond Cunningham, Steven Little, Robert Langer