Patents by Inventor Shelley Hoover

Shelley Hoover 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).

  • Differentiation of specialized dermal and epidermal cells into neuronal cells
    Patent number: 7361506
    Abstract: Cells are generated from skin biopsies for use in cell implantation by identifying a source of skin cells that have a surface concentration of at least one cell selected from the group consisting of keritinocytes and/or melanocytes; taking a sample of tissue from the surface area; mechanically disaggregating the tissue samples; collecting the disaggregated cells; washing the disaggregated cells; filtering the washed disaggregated cells; providing a cell suspension with filtered and washed keritinocytes and/or melanocytes; and suspending the cell suspension in a medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Creative Science Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Helen Fillmore, Shelley Hoover, William C. Broaddus, George Gillies
  • Differentiation of specialized dermal and epidermal cells into neuronal cells
    Publication number: 20050158286
    Abstract: Cells are generated from skin biopsies for use in cell implantation by identifying a source of skin cells that have a surface concentration of at least one cell selected from the group consisting of keritinocytes and/or melanocytes; taking a sample of tissue from the surface area; mechanically disaggregating the tissue samples; collecting the disaggregated cells; washing the disaggregated cells; filtering the washed disaggregated cells; providing a cell suspension with filtered and washed keritinocytes and/or melanocytes; and suspending the cell suspension in a medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Inventors: Helen Fillmore, Shelley Hoover, William Broaddus, George Gillies
  • Differentiation of specialized dermal and epidermal cells into neuronal cells
    Publication number: 20030022369
    Abstract: Cells are generated from skin biopsies for use in cell implantation by identifying a source of skin cells that have a surface concentration of at least one cell selected from the group consisting of keritinocytes and/or melanocytes; taking a sample of tissue from the surface area; mechanically disaggregating the tissue samples; collecting the disaggregated cells; washing the disaggregated cells; filtering the washed disaggregated cells; providing a cell suspension with filtered and washed keritinocytes and/or melanocytes; and suspending the cell suspension in a medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Helen Fillmore, Shelley Hoover, William C. Broaddus, George Gillies