Patents by Inventor Li Ming Bian

Li Ming Bian 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).

  • OSTEOCHONDRAL IMPLANTS, ARTHROPLASTY METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20140091491
    Abstract: Implants for resurfacing or repairing one or more articular cartilage bearing surfaces of a biological organism include an engineered tissue and a biocompatible porous substrate secured to the engineered tissue for attaching the implant to a native bone of the biological organism. The engineered tissue includes a scaffold containing a biocompatible material, and a plurality of living chondrocytes supported by the scaffold. Methods for culturing chondrocytes for incorporation into a biocompatible implant are provided. A bioreactor for producing functional cartilaginous tissue from a cell-seeded scaffold and a system for producing functional cartilaginous tissue are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicants: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
    Inventors: Clark T. Hung, Gerard A. Ateshian, Eric G. Lima, James L. Cook, Li Ming Bian
  • Osteochondral implants, arthroplasty methods, devices, and systems
    Patent number: 8608801
    Abstract: Implants for resurfacing or repairing one or more articular cartilage bearing surfaces of a biological organism include an engineered tissue and a biocompatible porous substrate secured to the engineered tissue for attaching the implant to a native bone of the biological organism. The engineered tissue includes a scaffold containing a biocompatible material, and a plurality of living chondrocytes supported by the scaffold. Methods for culturing chondrocytes for incorporation into a biocompatible implant are provided. A bioreactor for producing functional cartilaginous tissue from a cell-seeded scaffold and a system for producing functional cartilaginous tissue are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, The Curators of the University of Missouri
    Inventors: Clark T. Hung, Gerard A. Ateshian, Eric G. Lima, James L. Cook, Li Ming Bian
  • OSTEOCHONDRAL IMPLANTS, ARTHROPLASTY METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20100036492
    Abstract: Implants for resurfacing or repairing one or more articular cartilage bearing surfaces of a biological organism include an engineered tissue and a biocompatible porous substrate secured to the engineered tissue for attaching the implant to a native bone of the biological organism. The engineered tissue includes a scaffold containing a biocompatible material, and a plurality of living chondrocytes supported by the scaffold. Methods for culturing chondrocytes for incorporation into a biocompatible implant are provided. A bioreactor for producing functional cartilaginous tissue from a cell-seeded scaffold and a system for producing functional cartilaginous tissue are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Clark T. Hung, Gerard A. Ateshian, Eric G. Lima, James L. Cook, Li Ming Bian