Patents by Inventor Michael Aaron Vaughn

Michael Aaron Vaughn 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: 11957813
    Abstract: A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of —CH2—CH(OH)— units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SO3H)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-containing units or amino (NH2)-containing units, where the hydrogel may be used as a cartilage replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Aaron Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20240084131
    Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away front the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, James Hyde, Brian Gaerke, Brad Johns, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Seth Dylan McCullen, David Gravett
  • Patent number: 11802203
    Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, James Hyde, Brian Gaerke, Brad Johns, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Seth Dylan McCullen, David Gravett
  • Publication number: 20230313415
    Abstract: A composite implant device for use in a medical application, comprising a synthetically-derived mesh that mimics particular critical aspects of a biologically-derived mesh. The composite implant device can be used for the reinforcement and reconstruction of tissues within the body and can be comprised of a majority of synthetic components and minority of naturally-derived components which mimic the structure and function of a naturally-derived mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Seth Dylan McCullen, Clayton Joseph Culbreath, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Michael Scott Taylor
  • Publication number: 20230287171
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA) wherein a macromer is photopolymerized to form a manufactured article. Representative compounds comprise a polyaxial central core (CC) and 2-4 arms of the formula (A)-(B) or (B)-(A) extending from the central core, where at least one of the arms comprise a light-reactive functional group (Q) and (A) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from trimethylene carbonate (T) and ?-caprolactone (C), while (B) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from glycolide, lactide and ?-dioxanone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Vaughn, Prabhjot Saini
  • Publication number: 20230220198
    Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, James Hyde, Brian Gaerke, Brad Johns, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Seth Dylan McCullen, David Gravett
  • Publication number: 20230183408
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA), wherein a composition of one or more photocurable compounds, such as a compound with multiple ethylenically unsaturated groups and a compound with multiple thiol groups, is photopolymerized, optionally in the presence of two or more thermocurable compounds which are reactive with one another and are subjected to thermopolymerization, to form a manufactured article in solid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Vaughn, Prabhjot Saini, Mathew Stanford, Hafiz Busari, Debra Tindall
  • Publication number: 20230139077
    Abstract: Disclosed herein polylactide polymer blend compositions, and methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: David Shalaby, David Gravett, Michael Scott Taylor, Seth Dylan McCullen, Michael Aaron Vaughn
  • Patent number: 11639416
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA) wherein a macromer is photopolymerized to form a manufactured article. Representative compounds comprise a polyaxial central core (CC) and 2-4 arms of the formula (A)-(B) or (B)-(A) extending from the central core, where at least one of the arms comprise a light-reactive functional group (Q) and (A) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from trimethylene carbonate (T) and ?-caprolactone (C), while (B) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from glycolide, lactide and ?-dioxanone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Vaughn, Prabhjot Saini
  • Patent number: 11578204
    Abstract: Porous and microporous parts prepared by additive manufacturing as disclosed herein are useful in medical and non-medical applications. The parts are prepared from a composition containing both a solvent soluble component and a solvent insoluble component. After a part is printed by an additive manufacturing process it is exposed to solvent to extract solvent soluble component away from the printed part, resulting in a part having surface cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: POLY-MED, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, James Hyde, Brian Gaerke, Brad Johns, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Seth Dylan McCullen, David Gravett
  • Patent number: 11549197
    Abstract: A composite implant device for use in a medical application, comprising a synthetically-derived mesh that mimics particular critical aspects of a biologically-derived mesh. The composite implant device can be used for the reinforcement and reconstruction of tissues within the body and can be comprised of a majority of synthetic components and minority of naturally-derived components which mimic the structure and function of a naturally-derived mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Poly-Med, Inc.
    Inventors: Seth Dylan McCullen, Clayton Joseph Culbreath, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Michael Scott Taylor
  • Publication number: 20220202703
    Abstract: In situ gel-forming compositions are disclosed, which may comprise one or more absorbable polymers, solvents such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, polyethylene glycol or DMSO, and one or more bioactive agents. The composition forms a hydrogel or semi-solid mass on contact with an aqueous environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: David Roper Ingram, Michael Scott Taylor, Kara Bethany Acampora, Michael Aaron Vaughn, David Gravett
  • Publication number: 20220176619
    Abstract: Polymers and formulated compositions are designed to have properties that allow their effective use in additive manufacturing processes, particularly for preparing articles wherein molten monofilament polymer is laid down on top of a previously deposited line of molten monofilament polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Scott Taylor, Brian Gaerke, Michael Aaron Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20210388232
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA), wherein a composition of one or more photocurable compounds, such as a compound with multiple ethylenically unsaturated groups and a compound with multiple thiol groups, is photopolymerized, optionally in the presence of two or more thermocurable compounds which are reactive with one another and are subjected to thermopolymerization, to form a manufactured article in solid form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: MICHAEL AARON VAUGHN, PRABHJOT SAINI, DEBRA TINDALL, HAFIZ BUSARI, MATHEW STANFORD
  • Publication number: 20210317301
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are polyhydroxyalkanoate polymer blend compositions, and methods of making and using such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: David Shalaby, David Gravett, Michael Scott Taylor, Seth Dylan McCullen, Michael Aaron Vaughn
  • Publication number: 20210187167
    Abstract: A double network hydrogel consists of a first network and a second network, where the first network is, or includes, a first polymer that is formed, at least in part, of —CH2—CH(OH)— units, and the second network is, or includes, a second polymer that is formed, at least in part, of carboxyl (COOH)-containing units or salts thereof, sulfonyl (SO3H)-containing units or salts thereof, and at least one of hydroxyl (OH)-containing units or amino (NH2)-containing units, where the hydrogel may be used as a cartilage replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Michael Aaron Vaughn
  • Patent number: 11033655
    Abstract: Stabilized monomer and polymer adhesive compositions useful in the formulation of biomedical adhesives and sealants for application to living tissue are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: STRATEGIC MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, LLC.
    Inventors: Seth McCullen, David Ingram, Michael Aaron Vaughn, William Thomas Stephens, Jr., Melissa Vinci-Rainis, Robert Laudadio
  • Publication number: 20210155722
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to methods and compositions comprising photopolymerizable compositions for use in additive manufacturing, particularly for digital light processing, stereolithography or continuous liquid interface processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Vaughn, Prabhjot Saini
  • Publication number: 20210137666
    Abstract: A composite implant device for use in a medical application, comprising a synthetically-derived mesh that mimics particular critical aspects of a biologically-derived mesh. The composite implant device can be used for the reinforcement and reconstruction of tissues within the body and can be comprised of a majority of synthetic components and minority of naturally-derived components which mimic the structure and function of a naturally-derived mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Seth Dylan McCullen, Clayton Joseph Culbreath, Michael Aaron Vaughn, Michael Scott Taylor
  • Publication number: 20210115188
    Abstract: Compounds and compositions are provided which are useful in additive printing, particularly additive printing techniques such as stereolithography (SLA) wherein a macromer is photopolymerized to form a manufactured article. Representative compounds comprise a polyaxial central core (CC) and 2-4 arms of the formula (A)-(B) or (B)-(A) extending from the central core, where at least one of the arms comprise a light-reactive functional group (Q) and (A) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from trimethylene carbonate (T) and ?-caprolactone (C), while (B) is the free-radical polymerization product from monomers selected from glycolide, lactide and p-dioxanone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Aaron Vaughn, Prabhjot Saini