Patents by Inventor Lars Vierkotten

Lars Vierkotten 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).

  • In-vitro full-skin model containing three-dimensional cell culture models of the sweat gland
    Patent number: 11180728
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an in-vitro full skin model which comprises a dermal equivalent and epidermal equivalent as well as from about 1 to about 100 three-dimensional sweat gland equivalents with respectively from about 500 to about 500000 sweat gland cells as well as a diameter of respectively from about 100 to about 6000 ?m on a supporting layer. Furthermore, the present disclosure concerns the production of the full skin model as well as the use of this model as an in-vitro model, in screening methods as well as for in-vitro evaluation of the influence of cosmetic substances on the inhibition of sweat secretion as well as body odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Patricia Klaka, Sabine Gruedl, Melanie Giesen, Thomas Welss, Bernhard Banowski, Lars Vierkotten
  • IN-VITRO FULL-SKIN MODEL CONTAINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELL CULTURE MODELS OF THE SWEAT GLAND
    Publication number: 20190144821
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns an in-vitro full skin model which comprises a dermal equivalent and epidermal equivalent as well as from about 1 to about 100 three-dimensional sweat gland equivalents with respectively from about 500 to about 500000 sweat gland cells as well as a diameter of respectively from about 100 to about 6000 ?m on a supporting layer. Furthermore, the present disclosure concerns the production of the full skin model as well as the use of this model as an in-vitro model, in screening methods as well as for in-vitro evaluation of the influence of cosmetic substances on the inhibition of sweat secretion as well as body odor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Patricia Klaka, Sabine Gruedl, Melanie Giesen, Thomas Welss, Bernhard Banowski, Lars Vierkotten