Patents by Inventor Kyle Hammerick
Kyle Hammerick 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).
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Patent number: 10159768Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a biodegradable multi-layer device suitable for medical applications are provided, wherein the device is formed from multiple film-layers configured to have different characteristics from one another such as different release profiles for therapeutic agents, adhesive properties, stiffness properties, and solubility properties. The film-layers may include a solid fibrinogen component. A device having multiple film-layers may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within or on tissue, and thereafter may be exposed to moisture to take an adherent form on the tissue. The device may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the device, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: BioInspire Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dorna Hakimimehr, Kyle Hammerick
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Publication number: 20170281833Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a biodegradable multi-layer device suitable for medical applications are provided, wherein the device is formed from multiple film-layers configured to have different characteristics from one another such as different release profiles for therapeutic agents, adhesive properties, stiffness properties, and solubility properties. The film-layers may include a solid fibrinogen component. A device having multiple film-layers may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within or on tissue, and thereafter may be exposed to moisture to take an adherent form on the tissue. The device may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the device, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: BioInspire Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dorna HAKIMIMEHR, Kyle HAMMERICK
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Patent number: 9682174Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a biodegradable multi-layer device suitable for medical applications are provided, wherein the device is formed from multiple film-layers configured to have different characteristics from one another such as different release profiles for therapeutic agents, adhesive properties, stiffness properties, and solubility properties. The film-layers may include a solid fibrinogen component. A device having multiple film-layers may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within or on tissue, and thereafter may be exposed to moisture to take an adherent form on the tissue. The device may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the device, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: BioInspire Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dorna Hakimimehr, Kyle Hammerick
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Publication number: 20160158419Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a biodegradable multi-layer device suitable for medical applications are provided, wherein the device is formed from multiple film-layers configured to have different characteristics from one another such as different release profiles for therapeutic agents, adhesive properties, stiffness properties, and solubility properties. The film-layers may include a solid fibrinogen component. A device having multiple film-layers may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within or on tissue, and thereafter may be exposed to moisture to take an adherent form on the tissue. The device may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the device, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: BIOINSPIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Dorna HAKIMIMEHR, Kyle HAMMERICK
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Patent number: 9271925Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a biodegradable multi-layer device suitable for medical applications are provided, wherein the device is formed from multiple film-layers configured to have different characteristics from one another such as different release profiles for therapeutic agents, adhesive properties, stiffness properties, and solubility properties. The film-layers may include a solid fibrinogen component. A device having multiple film-layers may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within or on tissue, and thereafter may be exposed to moisture to take an adherent form on the tissue. The device may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the device, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: BioInspire Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Dorna Hakimimehr, Kyle Hammerick
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Publication number: 20140255464Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a biodegradable multi-layer device suitable for medical applications are provided, wherein the device is formed from multiple film-layers configured to have different characteristics from one another such as different release profiles for therapeutic agents, adhesive properties, stiffness properties, and solubility properties. The film-layers may include a solid fibrinogen component. A device having multiple film-layers may take a non-adherent form during delivery to a target location within or on tissue, and thereafter may be exposed to moisture to take an adherent form on the tissue. The device may include a number of additives, including materials to improve the mechanical properties of the device, or one or more therapeutic or contrast agents.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: BIOINSPIRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Dorna HAKIMIMEHR, Kyle HAMMERICK
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Patent number: 7557051Abstract: Methods for compression molding through holes in polymer layers are provided, as are the resulting patterned polymer layers. Two key aspects of the invention are provision of a mold and substrate having different mechanical hardness, and provision of room for local flow of material. These aspects of the invention facilitate formation of through holes by compression molding that are not blocked or partially blocked by undesirable material. These polymer layers can be formed into three dimensional patterned structures by bonding patterned layers together. Since the layers include through holes, a three-dimensional polymer pattern can be formed. These patterned polymer layers and three dimensionally patterned polymer constructs have a wide variety of applications. For example, these constructs can be used for fabrication of micro-fluidic devices, and/or can be used for various medical and biological applications including drug delivery devices and tissue engineering devices.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: July 7, 2009Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: WonHyoung Ryu, Seoung Jai Bai, Kyle Hammerick, Robert Lane Smith, Ralph S. Greco, Friedrich B. Prinz, Rainer J. Fasching
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Patent number: 7444856Abstract: Sensors and systems for electrical, electrochemical, or topographical analysis, as well as methods of fabricating these sensors are provided. The sensors include a cantilever and one or more probes, each of which has an electrode at its tip. The tips of the probes are sharp, with a radius of curvature of less than about 50 nm. In addition, the probes have a high aspect ratio of more than about 19:1. The sensors are suitable for both Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2005Date of Patent: November 4, 2008Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Friedrich B. Prinz, Ye Tao, Rainer J. Fasching, Ralph S. Greco, Kyle Hammerick, Robert Lane Smith
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Publication number: 20060213259Abstract: Sensors and systems for electrical, electrochemical, or topographical analysis, as well as methods of fabricating these sensors are provided. The sensors include a cantilever and one or more probes, each of which has an electrode at its tip. The tips of the probes are sharp, with a radius of curvature of less than about 50 nm. In addition, the probes have a high aspect ratio of more than about 19:1. The sensors are suitable for both Atomic Force Microscopy and Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2005Publication date: September 28, 2006Inventors: Friedrich Prinz, Ye Tao, Rainer Fasching, Ralph Greco, Kyle Hammerick, Robert Smith
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Publication number: 20050206048Abstract: Methods for compression molding through holes in polymer layers are provided, as are the resulting patterned polymer layers. Two key aspects of the invention are provision of a mold and substrate having different mechanical hardness, and provision of room for local flow of material. These aspects of the invention facilitate formation of through holes by compression molding that are not blocked or partially blocked by undesirable material. These polymer layers can be formed into three dimensional patterned structures by bonding patterned layers together. Since the layers include through holes, a three-dimensional polymer pattern can be formed. These patterned polymer layers and three dimensionally patterned polymer constructs have a wide variety of applications. For example, these constructs can be used for fabrication of micro-fluidic devices, and/or can be used for various medical and biological applications including drug delivery devices and tissue engineering devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2005Publication date: September 22, 2005Inventors: WonHyoung Ryu, Seoung Bai, Kyle Hammerick, Robert Smith, Ralph Greco, Friedrich Prinz, Rainer Fasching
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Publication number: 20020173033Abstract: A device, method and process for three-dimensional spatial localization and functional interconnection of the same or different types of cells. The two or three-dimensional device comprising multiple layers containing wells for cell deposition where both the wells and layers are interconnected through microfluidic channels. A process for fabricating the three-dimensional device and a method for depositing different types of cells within the device in a functional interdependent spatial orientation thereby mimicking physiological functions. The device is useful for diagnostic assays, determination of dysfunction of certain cells in the system, quantification of production of cellular proteins, metabolites, hormones or other cellular products, for organ or tissue replacement, for co-culturing different cells, for testing pharmaceutical agents and as a bioreactor for production of biologicals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2002Publication date: November 21, 2002Inventors: Kyle Hammerick, Friedrich B. Prinz, Robert Lane Smith, Ralph S. Greco, Rainer Fasching