Patents by Inventor Silvia Gioventù

Silvia Gioventù 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 for dental pulp cryopreservation
    Patent number: 9161528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cryopreserving the pulp of a non-exfoliated deciduous tooth, comprising a step of making with a laser a hole into the tooth removed from its physiological seat on the tooth neck. After making the hole, the tooth is contacted with a cryopreserving agent and then cryofrozen. An object of the invention further consists in mesenchymal stem cells isolated from the pulp of a cryopreserved tooth according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FONDAZIONE IRCCS “CA' GRANDA—OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO”
    Inventors: Silvia Gioventù, Stefania Frasca, Elisa Giovanna Angela Montelatici, Paolo Rebulla, Gabriella Andriolo, Lorenza Lazzari, Ferruccio Bonino
  • METHOD FOR DENTAL PULP CRYOPRESERVATION
    Publication number: 20130217123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cryopreserving the pulp of a non-exfoliated deciduous tooth, comprising a step of making with a laser a hole into the tooth removed from its physiological seat on the tooth neck. After making the hole, the tooth is contacted with a cryopreserving agent and then cryofrozen. An object of the invention further consists in mesenchymal stem cells isolated from the pulp of a cryopreserved tooth according to the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: FONDAZIONE IRCCS "CA' GRANDA - OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO"
    Inventors: Silvia Gioventù, Stefania Frasca, Elisa Giovanna Angela Montelatici, Paolo Rebulla, Gabriella Andriolo, Lorenza Lazzari, Ferruccio Bonino