Patents by Inventor Michael J. Avaltroni

Michael J. Avaltroni 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: 8993117
    Abstract: Phosphorus-based coatings having a plurality of phosphate moieties, a plurality of phosphonate moieties, or both, covalently bonded to an oxide surface of an implantable substrate exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics: (a) the surface phosphorus-containing group density of the coated regions of the substrate is at least about 0.1 nmol/cm2; (b) the phosphorus-based coating has a thickness of less than about 10 nm; or (c) the surface phosphorus-containing group density of the coated regions of the substrate is equal to or greater than the surface hydroxyl group density of the oxide surface of the substrate. Implantable devices embodying the coated substrates are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Ellen S. Gawalt, Michael J. Avaltroni
  • Patent number: 8758899
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osetoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Ellen Gawalt
  • Publication number: 20120121661
    Abstract: Phosphorus-based coatings having a plurality of phosphate moieties, a plurality of phosphonate moieties, or both, covalently bonded to an oxide surface of an implantable substrate exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics: (a) the surface phosphorus-containing group density of the coated regions of the substrate is at least about 0.1 nmol/cm2; (b) the phosphorus-based coating has a thickness of less than about 10 nm; or (c) the surface phosphorus-containing group density of the coated regions of the substrate is equal to or greater than the surface hydroxyl group density of the oxide surface of the substrate. Implantable devices embodying the coated substrates are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Ellen S. Gawalt, Michael J. Avaltroni
  • Publication number: 20120114935
    Abstract: Phosphorus-based coatings having a plurality of phosphate moieties, a plurality of phosphonate moieties, or both, covalently bonded to an oxide surface of an implantable substrate exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics: (a) the surface phosphorus-containing group density of the coated regions of the substrate is at least about 0.1 nmol/cm2; (b) the phosphorus-based coating has a thickness of less than about 10 nm; or (c) the surface phosphorus-containing group density of the coated regions of the substrate is equal to or greater than the surface hydroxyl group density of the oxide surface of the substrate. Implantable devices embodying the coated substrates are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Ellen S. Gawalt, Michael J. Avaltroni
  • Publication number: 20120012033
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osetoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Ellen Gawalt
  • Patent number: 8092585
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osteoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Ellen Gawalt
  • Publication number: 20110093082
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osetoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Ellen Gawalt
  • Patent number: 7879456
    Abstract: Methods for bonding adherent phosphorous-containing coating layers to oxide surfaces on substrates wherein the substrates with oxide surfaces are selected from: (a) oxidized iron, titanium, silicon, tin and vanadium; (b) indium tin oxide; and (c) substrates with oxide layers deposited thereon, wherein the substrates on which oxide layers are deposited are selected from ceramics, semiconductors, metals, plastics and glass, and the method contacts the oxide surface with a carrier conveying an organo-phosphonic acid coating composition and heats the oxide surface and carrier at a sufficient temperature while maintaining contact for a sufficient time to bond a layer of the organophosphonic acid to the oxide surface. Coated articles prepared by the inventive method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Michael P. Danahy, Brett M. Silverman
  • Patent number: 7815963
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osteoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Ellen Gawalt
  • Patent number: 7569285
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osteoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael P. Danahy, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Michael D. Carolus, Ellen S. Gawalt
  • Patent number: 7507483
    Abstract: An implantable device with a metal, metal alloy, metalloid, polymeric or ceramic surface and a phosphonic acid coating layer directly contacting the surface wherein the surface has hydroxyl groups covalently bonded to the acid groups of the coating layer and the phosphonate organic ligands are omega-functionalized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Michael D. Carolus, Eric L. Hanson, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Kim S. Midwood, Michael P. Danahy
  • Publication number: 20090004481
    Abstract: Methods for bonding adherent phosphorous-containing coating layers to oxide surfaces on substrates wherein the substrates with oxide surfaces are selected from: (a) oxidized iron, titanium, silicon, tin and vanadium; (b) indium tin oxide; and (c) substrates with oxide layers deposited thereon, wherein the substrates on which oxide layers are deposited are selected from ceramics, semiconductors, metals, plastics and glass, and the method contacts the oxide surface with a carrier conveying an organo-phosphonic acid coating composition and heats the oxide surface and carrier at a sufficient temperature while maintaining contact for a sufficient time to bond a layer of the organophosphonic acid to the oxide surface. Coated articles prepared by the inventive method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Michael P. Danahy, Brett M. Silverman
  • Publication number: 20080206443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osteoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Ellen S. Gawalt
  • Patent number: 7396594
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for providing on the surface of a substrate an adherent phorphorous acid-based coating layer, the method comprising contacting said surface with a carrier conveying a coating composition comprising an acid selected from the group consisting of phosphoroic acids, organo-phosphoric acids, phosphonic acids, and mixtures thereof, at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient time to bond at least a portion of the acid in the compositon to the oxide surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Michael P. Danahy, Brett M. Silverman
  • Publication number: 20040023048
    Abstract: The present invention provides increased adhesion between the native oxide surface of a material and adhesive material or tissue by providing a phosphorous-based coating layer comprising a plurality of omega-functionalized organo-phosphonate moieties bonded to the native oxide surface of a substrate by a phosphonate bond and a plurality of one or more coating moieties selected from the group consisting of inorganic, organic, or bioactive moieties, each said coating moiety being bonded to the omega-functional group of at least one omega-functionalized organo-phosphonate moiety by means of a member of the group comprising a metal complex and an organic polymer, and when bonded by means of a metal complex, the metal complex further characterized by being derived from a metal alkoxide reagent, and when bonded by means of an organic polymer, the organic polymer further characterized by being derived from an ionic or step-reaction polymerization which incorporates one or more of said omega-functional groups into sa
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael J. Avaltroni, Michael D. Carolus, Eric L. Hanson, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Kim S. Midwood, Michael P. Danahy
  • Publication number: 20040001959
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dense-coverage, adherent phosphorous-based coating on the native oxide surface of a material. Disclosed phosphorous-based coatings include phosphate and organo-phosphonate coatings. The present invention also provides further derivatization of the phosphorous-based coatings to yield dense surface coverage of chemically reactive coatings and osetoblast adhesion-promoting and proliferation-promoting coatings on the native oxide surface of a titanium material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Jeffrey Schwartz, Michael P. Danahy, Michael J. Avaltroni, Kim S. Midwood, Jean E. Schwarzbauer, Michael D. Carolus, Ellen S. Gawalt