Patents by Inventor Michael Smietana

Michael Smietana 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: 11944532
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tissue engineering, and more particularly to a method for treating or repairing rotator cuff or other tendon tears or damage using scaffold-free, 3-dimensional engineered tendon constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Lisa M. Larkin, Ellen M. Arruda, Michael Smietana, Asheesh Bedi, Stoyna Novakova
  • Publication number: 20230101406
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tissue engineering, and more particularly to a method for treating or repairing rotator cuff or other tendon tears or damage using scaffold-free, 3-dimensional engineered tendon constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Lisa M. Larkin, Ellen M. Arruda, Michael Smietana, Asheesh Bedi, Stoyna Novakova
  • Patent number: 11547551
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tissue engineering, and more particularly to a method for treating or repairing rotator cuff or other tendon tears or damage using scaffold-free 3-dimensional engineered tendon constructs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Lisa M. Larkin, Ellen M. Arruda, Michael Smietana, Asheesh Bedi, Stoyna Novakova
  • Patent number: 10567523
    Abstract: In the present invention a content distribution network delivers content that can include training, entertainment, assessment, and evaluation among many other types of content. Content can be delivered on-demand to devices operated by users in local or remote locations or can be delivered live in a present local or live-streamed to remote locations. In each of these cases the user, thru the user device, can provide valuable feedback to the content distribution network to improve content delivery and user content retention in the form of correlating detected patterns with the content being delivered. An image sensor attached to a user device captures facial expressions as patterns and transmits them to a content manager that aligns the pattern with the content and determines a sentiment corresponding to the pattern. The content manager can improve the user's content reception by implementing a workflow responsive to the corresponding sentiment pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: PEARSON EDUCATION, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Smietana, Sissela Bergman Nutley, Stina Söderqvist, Joakim Goldkuhl
  • Publication number: 20190091007
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tissue engineering, and more particularly to a method for treating or repairing rotator cuff or other tendon tears or damage using scaffold-free 3-dimensional engineered tendon constructs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Lisa M. Larkin, Ellen M. Arruda, Michael Smietana, Asheesh Bedi, Stoyna Novakova
  • Publication number: 20180176312
    Abstract: In the present invention a content distribution network delivers content that can include training, entertainment, assessment, and evaluation among many other types of content. Content can be delivered on-demand to devices operated by users in local or remote locations or can be delivered live in a present local or live-streamed to remote locations. In each of these cases the user, thru the user device, can provide valuable feedback to the content distribution network to improve content delivery and user content retention in the form of correlating detected patterns with the content being delivered. An image sensor attached to a user device captures facial expressions as patterns and transmits them to a content manager that aligns the pattern with the content and determines a sentiment corresponding to the pattern. The content manager can improve the user's content reception by implementing a workflow responsive to the corresponding sentiment pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Smietana, Sissela Bergman Nutley, Stina Söderqvist, Joakim Goldkuhl
  • Patent number: 9259510
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Ellen M. Arruda, Lisa M. Larkin, Fatima N. Syed-Picard, Michael Smietana, Jinjin Ma
  • Publication number: 20140243979
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ellen M. Arruda, Lisa M. Larkin, Fatima N. Syed-Picard, Michael Smietana, Jinjin Ma
  • Patent number: 8764828
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ellen M. Arruda, Lisa M. Larkin, Fatima N. Syed-Picard, Michael Smietana, Jinjin Ma
  • Publication number: 20080241209
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a bone construct include providing bone marrow stromal cells on a substrate without disposing the cells within an exogenous scaffold, and culturing the cells in vitro in osteogenic media such that the cells form a confluent monolayer and detach from the substrate to form a self-organized three-dimensional bone construct. A system and method for forming a ligament construct using fibrogenic media and a system and method for forming a functionally integrated bone-ligament construct are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Ellen M. Arruda, Lisa M. Larkin, Fatima N. Syed-Picard, Michael Smietana, Jinjin Ma