Patents by Inventor Michael J. Serpe

Michael J. Serpe 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).

  • Gel assembly
    Patent number: 9694169
    Abstract: A gel assembly comprising a polymeric gel layer between metal layers. A gel assembly process comprising providing a colloidal polymer in solution, drying the solution to form a polymeric gel layer and forming metal layers on either side of the polymeric gel layer. A method of drug delivery comprising loading a polymeric gel layer with drug, forming metal layers on either side of the polymeric gel layer, wherein the polymeric gel layer comprises a material that is sensitive to a stimulus, and subjecting the polymeric gel layer to the stimulus to release the drug from between or through the metal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: The Governors of the University of Alberta
    Inventor: Michael J. Serpe