Patents by Inventor Minqan Yan

Minqan Yan 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).

  • Method for articular cartilage and joint formation
    Patent number: 9833481
    Abstract: The invention is a method of applying a joint inducing protein preferably BMP-9 or BMP-3 to an ossification center in order to create a joint, articular cartilage, or an endochondral cap. The ossification center may be one that occurs naturally such as in the case of amputation, wound healing or fracture, or, it may be artificially induced by the application of an ossification center inducing protein, which may include other BMP family proteins such as BMP-2, BMP-4 or BMP-7. Further, this invention is a method of producing joints, or joint-like structures in vitro by application of BMP-9 to cells derived from tissue regions capable of producing ossification centers, such as digit-derived fibroblasts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ken Muneoka, Minqan Yan, Ling Yan
  • METHOD FOR ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND JOINT FORMATION
    Publication number: 20150065428
    Abstract: The invention is a method of applying a joint inducing protein preferably BMP-9 or BMP-3 to an ossification center in order to create a joint, articular cartilage, or an endochondral cap. The ossification center may be one that occurs naturally such as in the case of amputation, wound healing or fracture, or, it may be artificially induced by the application of an ossification center inducing protein, which may include other BMP family proteins such as BMP-2, BMP-4 or BMP-7. Further, this invention is a method of producing joints, or joint-like structures in vitro by application of BMP-9 to cells derived from tissue regions capable of producing ossification centers, such as digit-derived fibroblasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Ken Muneoka, Minqan Yan, Ling Yu