Patents by Inventor Sandy MacRobert

Sandy MacRobert 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).

  • Biomimetic cell scaffolds
    Patent number: 8580564
    Abstract: This invention relates to biomimetic implants containing mammalian cells which are induced by their environment to produce gradients of diffusible factors. This may be useful in eliciting a physiological pro-angiogenic response which stimulates angiogenesis and revascularisation in tissue adjacent the implant, for example in therapeutic applications in which increased angiogenesis and/or vasculogenesis is required. This may also be useful in providing biomimetic mammalian cell niches for cell culture and differentiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: UCL Business PLC
    Inventors: Robert Brown, Umber Cheema, Sandy MacRobert, Ektoras Hadjipanayi
  • Biomimetic Cell Scaffolds
    Publication number: 20110070646
    Abstract: This invention relates to biomimetic implants containing mammalian cells which are induced by their environment to produce gradients of diffusible factors. This may be useful in eliciting a physiological pro-angiogenic response which stimulates angiogenesis and revascularisation in tissue adjacent the implant, for example in therapeutic applications in which increased angiogenesis and/or vasculogenesis is required. This may also be useful in providing biomimetic mammalian cell niches for cell culture and differentiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Robert Brown, Umber Cheema, Sandy MacRobert, Ektoras Hadjipanayi