Patents by Inventor Pamela C. Yelick

Pamela C. Yelick 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).

  • Publication number: 20230037361
    Abstract: A dental tissue regenerative composition. The composition includes a combination of (1) human dental pulp stem cells and (2) at least one of human umbilical vein endothelial cells or vascular endothelial growth factor. The combination is encapsulated in a light-activated gelatin methacrylate hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Pamela C. Yelick, Ali Khademhosseini
  • Patent number: 11504303
    Abstract: A dental tissue regenerative composition. The composition includes a combination of (1) human dental pulp stem cells and (2) at least one of human umbilical vein endothelial cells or vascular endothelial growth factor. The combination is encapsulated in a light-activated gelatin methacrylate hydrogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE, THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Pamela C. Yelick, Ali Khademhosseini
  • Publication number: 20220110836
    Abstract: A dental tissue regenerative composition. The composition includes a combination of (1) human dental pulp stem cells and (2) at least one of human umbilical vein endothelial cells or vascular endothelial growth factor. The combination is encapsulated in a light-activated gelatin methacrylate hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Pamela C. Yelick, Ali Khademhosseini
  • Patent number: 11278474
    Abstract: A dental tissue regenerative composition. The composition includes a combination of (1) human dental pulp stem cells and (2) at least one of human umbilical vein endothelial cells or vascular endothelial growth factor. The combination is encapsulated in a light-activated gelatin methacrylate hydrogel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE, THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC.
    Inventors: Pamela C Yelick, Ali Khademhosseini
  • Publication number: 20200306143
    Abstract: A dental tissue regenerative composition. The composition includes a combination of (1) human dental pulp stem cells and (2) at least one of human umbilical vein endothelial cells or vascular endothelial growth factor. The combination is encapsulated in a light-activated gelatin methacrylate hydrogel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Pamela C Yelick, Ali Khademhosseini
  • Publication number: 20090029322
    Abstract: The present invention is related to the use of stem cells of an animal species for obtainment of biological tooth substitute, in whole or in parts, to be implanted in organism of the same animal strain, wherein said stem cells can be adult cells. The present invention still aims to develop a method of tissue engineering for culturing cells capable to form dental tissue for production of a tooth biological substitute. The said dental tissue can used for the treatment of people suffering from loss, fail or lack of these tissues, and also for cosmetic use of those tissues for a morphological modifying on a patient dentition, for example, the patient may desire to, or need to, have a bigger or smaller dentition for any aesthetic reason.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Massachusetts General Hospital
    Inventors: Silvio Eduardo Duailibi, Monica Talarico Duailibi, Pamela C. Yelick, Joseph P. Vacanti
  • Patent number: 6899915
    Abstract: Tooth tissues include the pulp mesenchyme that forms the dentin and an epithelium that is responsible for enamel formation. Cells from these tissues were obtained from porcine third molars and were seeded onto a biodegradable scaffold composed of a polyglycolic acid—polylactic acid copolymer. Cell polymer constructs were then surgically implanted into the omentum of athymic nude rats so that the constructs would have a blood supply and these tissues were allowed to develop inside the rats. Infrequently, columnar epithelial cells were observed as a single layer on the outside of the dentin-like matrix similar to the actual arrangement of ameloblasts over dentin during early tooth development. Developing tooth tissues derived from such cell polymer constructs could eventually be surgically implanted into the gum of an edentulous recipient where the construct would receive a blood supply and develop to maturity, providing the recipient with a biological tooth replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, General Hospital Corporation, Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Inc.
    Inventors: Pamela C. Yelick, John D. Bartlett, Joseph P. Vacanti, Bjorn R. Olsen, Phillip Stashenko
  • Publication number: 20040219489
    Abstract: Tooth tissues include the pulp mesenchyme that forms the dentin and an epithelium that is responsible for enamel formation. Cells from these tissues were obtained from porcine third molars and were seeded onto a biodegradable scaffold composed of a polyglycolic acid-polylactic acid copolymer. Cell polymer constructs were then surgically implanted into the omentum of athymic nude rats so that the constructs would have a blood supply and these tissues were allowed to develop inside the rats. Histological analysis of 7.5 week-old implants revealed a dentin-like collagenous matrix containing hydroxyapatite mineral surrounding a core of mesenchymal cells that appeared analogous to pulp tissue. Infrequently, columnar epithelial cells were observed as a single layer on the outside of the dentin-like matrix similar to the actual arrangement of ameloblasts over dentin during early tooth development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Applicants: President and Fellows of Harvard College, General Hospital Corporation, Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Inc.
    Inventors: Pamela C. Yelick, John D. Bartlett, Joseph P. Vacanti, Bjorn R. Olsen, Phillip Stashenko
  • Publication number: 20020119180
    Abstract: Tooth tissues include the pulp mesenchyme that forms the dentin and an epithelium that is responsible for enamel formation. Cells from these tissues were obtained from porcine third molars and were seeded onto a biodegradable scaffold composed of a polyglycolic acid—polylactic acid copolymer. Cell polymer constructs were then surgically implanted into the omentum of athymic nude rats so that the constructs would have a blood supply and these tissues were allowed to develop inside the rats. Histological analysis of 7.5 week-old implants revealed a dentin-like collagenous matrix containing hydroxyapatite mineral surrounding a core of mesenchymal cells that appeared analogous to pulp tissue. Infrequently, columnar epithelial cells were observed as a single layer on the outside of the dentin-like matrix similar to the actual arrangement of ameloblasts over dentin during early tooth development.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Pamela C. Yelick, John D. Bartlett, Joseph P. Vacanti, Bjorn R. Olsen, Phillip Stashenko