Patents by Inventor Silvia Panzavolta

Silvia Panzavolta 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).

  • POROUS COMPOSITE MATERIAL, PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF AND USE TO REALIZE TISSUE ENGINEERING DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100183569
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a porous composite material, wherein at least one interdispersed biopolymer is present, with a calcium-phosphate mineral component comprising from 50 w/% to 95 w/% of ?-tricalcium phosphate (?-TCP, ?-Ca3(PO4)2) and from 5 w/% to 50 w/% of octacalcium phosphate (OCP, Ca8H2(PO4)6—5H2O), to the total weight of the mineral component. Such combination of ?-TCP and OCP allows an in vivo faster resorption rate and thereby a faster formation of new bone tissue having a low cristallinity mineral component with nanocrystal structure, features very similar to those of biological apatites. This porous composite material may find application as bone and/or osteal-chart ilagineous substitute (scaffold) and in producing tissue engineering devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicants: ALMA MATER STUDIORUM - UNIVERSITA' DI BOLOGNA, ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO RIZZOLI
    Inventors: Adriana Bigi, Silvia Panzavolta, Roberto Giardino, Milena Fini