Patents by Inventor Ronald Gomes

Ronald Gomes 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).

  • Delivery system for heparin-binding growth factors
    Patent number: 7875591
    Abstract: A device comprising a scaffold coated with a protein having at least 83% identity to the amino acid sequence of the core protein of domain I of a mammalian perlecan, wherein at least one glycosaminoglycan is attached to the protein is described. The device may be used in vitro or in vivo to induce replication and/or differentiation of connective tissue cells and to repair tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Daniel D. Carson, Mary C. Farach-Carson, Margaret French, Ronald Gomes
  • Delivery System For Heparin-Binding Growth Factors
    Publication number: 20100221302
    Abstract: A device comprising a scaffold coated with a protein having at least 83% identity to the amino acid sequence of the core protein of domain I of a mammalian perlecan, wherein at least one glycosaminoglycan is attached to the protein is described. The device may be used in vitro or in vivo to induce replication and/or differentiation of connective tissue cells and to repair tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
    Inventors: DANIEL D. CARSON, MARY C. FARACH-CARSON, MARGARET FRENCH, RONALD GOMES
  • Delivery system for heparin-binding growth factors
    Patent number: 7671018
    Abstract: New uses of proteoglycans to bind and present growth factors, methods of accelerating wound, tissue or bone repair using such proteoglycans, pharmaceutical compositions of such proteoglycans, and scaffolds coated with such proteoglycans are disclosed. The proteoglycan of the invention is derived from domain I or perlecan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Daniel D. Carson, Mary C. Farach-Carson, Margaret French, Ronald Gomes, Rupert Timpl
  • Delivery system for heparin-binding growth factors
    Publication number: 20040063619
    Abstract: New uses of proteoglycans to bind and present growth factors, methods of accelerating wound, tissue or bone repair using such proteoglycans, pharmaceutical compositions of such proteoglycans, and scaffolds coated with such proteoglycans are disclosed. The proteoglycan of the invention is derived from domain I or perlecan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel D. Carson, Mary C. Farach-Carson, Margaret French, Ronald Gomes, Rupert Timpl