Patents by Inventor Ron-Xi Zhuo

Ron-Xi Zhuo 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 of immobilization of clusters of ligands on polymer surface and use in cell engineering
    Publication number: 20050058685
    Abstract: The present invention describes a method to immobilize high density of cell-specific ligands on polymeric surface for cell engineering applications. This method combines a surface-grafting polymerization procedure to yield high density of functional groups, and a chemical conjugation step to link cell-specific ligands to the surface functional groups. This surface functionalization scheme can be applied to polymeric materials in various forms, such as polymer membrane, film, fiber, hollow fiber, foam, etc. Tissue-engineering scaffolds can be functionalized with cell specific ligand in the same manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Hai-Quan Mao, Chao Yin, Ron-Xi Zhuo, Kam Leong