Patents by Inventor Meredith BARRETT

Meredith BARRETT 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).

  • Mechanotransductive bowel extender device having local delivery of medically relevant liquids
    Patent number: 10772699
    Abstract: A mechanotransductive bowel extender device that can be used to correct short bowel syndrome by applying tension to the bowel tissue which, via the process of mechanotransduction, grows in length in response to the applied tension. Such a device is placed within the small bowel and applies tension over a period of several days or weeks by attaching to the lumen of the bowel at two different locations and moving those two points apart, stretching the tissue between. The extender device further capable of localized application and/or evacuation of medically relevant liquid and other material within the bowel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Luntz, Meredith Barrett, Diann Erbschloe Brei, Brent Utter, Farokh R. Demehri
  • MECHANOTRANSDUCTIVE BOWEL EXTENDER DEVICE HAVING LOCAL DELIVERY OF MEDICALLY RELEVANT LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20190125474
    Abstract: A mechanotransductive bowel extender device that can be used to correct short bowel syndrome by applying tension to the bowel tissue which, via the process of mechanotransduction, grows in length in response to the applied tension. Such a device is placed within the small bowel and applies tension over a period of several days or weeks by attaching to the lumen of the bowel at two different locations and moving those two points apart, stretching the tissue between. The extender device further capable of localized application and/or evacuation of medically relevant liquid and other material within the bowel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan E. LUNTZ, Meredith BARRETT, Diann Erbschloe BREI, Brent UTTER, Farokh R. DEMEHRI