Patents by Inventor Matthew S. Waninger

Matthew S. Waninger 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).

  • Patent number: 8647677
    Abstract: A cell culture growth substrate comprising submucosal tissue of a warm-blooded vertebrate and a method for culturing fastidious organisms is described. Submucosal tissue used in accordance with the present invention supports the proliferation of cells when said cells are contacted with submucosal tissue under conditions conducive to cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Stephen F. Badylak, Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin, Matthew S. Waninger, Andrew O. Brightman
  • Patent number: 8597342
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implantable woven graft for bridging a defect in a main vessel near one or more branch vessels. The graft includes a region of reduced yarn density. Reduced yarn density regions are alignable with at least one of the one or more branch vessels, and are suitable for in situ fenestration, for example by perforation. The disclosed examples are particularly suited for bridging abdominal aortic aneurysms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Cook Medical Technologies LLC
    Inventors: James F. McKinsey, Shyam S V Kuppurathanam, Matthew S. Waninger
  • Publication number: 20100041135
    Abstract: A cell culture growth substrate comprising submucosal tissue of a warm-blooded vertebrate and a method for culturing fastidious organisms is described. Submucosal tissue used in accordance with the present invention supports the proliferation of cells when said cells are contacted with submucosal tissue under conditions conducive to cell proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Stephen F. Badylak, George B. Boder, Sherry L. Voytik-Harbin, Matthew S. Waninger, Andrew O. Brightman
  • Publication number: 20090157164
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to an implantable woven graft for bridging a defect in a main vessel near one or more branch vessels. The graft includes a region of reduced yarn density. Reduced yarn density regions are alignable with at least one of the one or more branch vessels, and are suitable for in situ fenestration, for example by perforation. The disclosed examples are particularly suited for bridging abdominal aortic aneurysms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: Cook Incorporated
    Inventors: James F. McKinsey, Shyam SV Kuppurathanam, Matthew S. Waninger
  • Patent number: 6565597
    Abstract: An expandable stent prosthesis is disclosed in which the apices of the bends located at at least one end of the stent are individually twisted at an angle to the circumference of the stent to form a fan blade-like arrangement when viewed from that end. The fan blade-like arrangement allows the stent to expand from the compressed condition during deployment such that likelihood of a strut or bend of the stent become entangled with a barb or adjacent strut or bend, is reduced. In one embodiment of the invention, the fan blade-like arrangement results from plastically deforming the individual apices, while in another embodiment, the apices are twisted into the fan blade-like arrangement during the loading process, such as by use of a suture thread to pull the apices into alignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignees: MED Institute, Inc., Cook Incorporated
    Inventors: Neal E. Fearnot, Brian D. Choules, Matthew S. Waninger, Michael P. DeBruyne