Patents by Inventor Renee Chivon Smith

Renee Chivon Smith 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).

  • Controlled delivery of bioactive agents from decomposable films
    Patent number: 9198875
    Abstract: A decomposable thin film includes a plurality of multilayer units including a first layer having a first charge and a second layer having a second charge, wherein at least a portion of the multilayers includes a polymeric cyclodextrin associated with a bioactive agent, wherein decomposition of the thin film is characterized by sequential removal of at least a portion of the layers having the first charge and degradation of layers having the second charge and by release of the bioactive agent from a corresponding layers; wherein the decomposable thin film including at least one degradable polyelectrolyte layer that is hydrolyzable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Renee Chivon Smith, Paula T. Hammond-Cunningham
  • CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF BIOACTIVE AGENTS FROM DECOMPOSABLE FILMS
    Publication number: 20100040674
    Abstract: A decomposable thin film includes a plurality of multilayer units including a first layer having a first charge and a second layer having a second charge, wherein at least a portion of the multilayers includes a polymeric cyclodextrin associated with a bioactive agent, wherein decomposition of the thin film is characterized by sequential removal of at least a portion of the layers having the first charge and degradation of layers having the second charge and by release of the bioactive agent from a corresponding layers; wherein the decomposable thin film including at least one degradable polyelectrolyte layer that is hydrolyzable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Applicant: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Renee Chivon Smith, Paula T. Hammond-Cunningham