Patents by Inventor Sarah L. Tao

Sarah L. Tao 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).

  • Microfluidic structures for biomedical applications
    Patent number: 10265698
    Abstract: Microfluidic structures featuring substantially circular channels may be fabricated by embossing polymer sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignees: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Eli J. Weinberg, James C. Hsiao, Ahmad S. Khalil, Malinda M. Tupper, Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, Peter Mack, Sarah L. Tao
  • MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160129440
    Abstract: Microfluidic structures featuring substantially circular channels may be fabricated by embossing polymer sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Eli J. Weinberg, James C. Hsiao, Ahmad S. Khalil, Malinda M. Tupper, Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, Peter Mack, Sarah L. Tao
  • microfluidic structures for biomedical applications
    Patent number: 9181082
    Abstract: Microfluidic structures featuring substantially circular channels may be fabricated by embossing polymer sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignees: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Eli J. Weinberg, James C. Hsiao, Ahmad S. Khalil, Malinda M. Tupper, Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, Peter Mack, Sarah L. Tao
  • SCAFFOLD FOR SUBRETINAL CELL TRANSPLANTATION AND DRUG DELIVERY
    Publication number: 20140234381
    Abstract: The following disclosure provides compositions and methods for the repairing of a diseased or disordered retina, for example, in patients suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicants: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., The Schepens Eye Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah L. Tao, Stephen Redenti, Magali Saint-Geniez, Michael Young, Patricia D'Amore
  • FABRICATING MICROFLUIDIC STRUCTURES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20130004386
    Abstract: Microfluidic structures featuring substantially circular channels may be fabricated by embossing polymer sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Eli J. Weinberg, James C. Hsiao, Ahmad S. Khalil, Malinda M. Tupper, Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, Peter Mack, Sarah L. Tao
  • Method of fabricating microfluidic structures for biomedical applications
    Patent number: 8266791
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating microfluidic structures featuring substantially circular channels are provided. The methods involve (a) providing a patterned wafer comprising at least one exposed electrically conductive region and at least one exposed electrically insulating region; (b) electroplating an inverse channel portion with substantially semicircular cross section onto the wafer, thereby forming a first master mold; (c) employing the first master mold so as to emboss a channel portion in a first polymer sheet; and (d) aligning and bonding the first polymer sheet with a second polymer sheet having a corresponding channel portion such as to define a first channel with substantially circular cross section between the polymer sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignees: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Eli J. Weinberg, James Ching-Ming Hsiao, Ahmad S. Khalil, Malinda M. Tupper, Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, Peter Mack, Sarah L. Tao
  • CULTURING RETINAL CELLS AND TISSUES
    Publication number: 20110004304
    Abstract: Disclosed are various methods and bioreactor devices for culturing retinal cells and/or tissues. The bioreactor devices may, in certain embodiments, include a microchannel network, a scaffold for culturing neuroretinal cells, and a porous membrane separating the microchannel network from the scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Inventors: Sarah L. Tao, Stephen Redenti, Sonal Sodha, Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Michael Young
  • Ocular Scaffolds and Methods for Subretinal Repair of Bruch's Membrane
    Publication number: 20090306772
    Abstract: The present invention provides ocular scaffolds composed of poly (e-caprolactone) configured to be inserted into the sub-retinal space of a subject, as well as methods for treating eye disease (e.g., age-related macular degeneration) with such scaffolds. The present invention also provides methods of making such scaffolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Sarah L. Tao, Henry J. Klassen, Michael J. Young
  • Microfluidic Structures for Biomedical Applications
    Publication number: 20090181200
    Abstract: Microfluidic structures featuring substantially circular channels may be fabricated by embossing polymer sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventors: Jeffrey T. Borenstein, Eli J. Weinberg, James C. Hsiao, Ahmad S. Khalil, Malinda M. Tupper, Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, Peter Mack, Sarah L. Tao