Patents by Inventor Stefan Czichos

Stefan Czichos 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).

  • Recombinant human cell for bone and cartilage cell formation
    Patent number: 6908764
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant human cell of undifferentiated mesenchyma for bone and cartilage cell formation, the human cell having the ability to express Tbr-1, Brachyury or another member of the T-box family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Yissum Research Development Company
    Inventors: Stefan Czichos, Joerg Lauber, Hubert Mayer, Gerhard Gross
  • Methods and compositions for enhancing cartilage repair
    Patent number: 6849255
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of enhancing repair of a cartilage and/or inducing formation of a cartilage by administering a cell which expresses a factor of the T-box family, which includes inter-alia the brachyury. In another embodiment, the invention relates to an engineered cell, which is transfected with a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a factor of the T-box family, thereby expressing a factor of the T-box family. In another embodiment, the invention relates to compositions comprising a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a factor of the T-box family and in another embodiment the composition comprising cell which expresses a factor of the T-box family, which includes inter-alia the brachyury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignees: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Gesellschaft Fuer Biotechnologische Forschung MBH
    Inventors: Dan Gazit, Yoram Zilberman, Gadi Turgeman, Gadi Pelled, Gerhard Gross, Stefan Czichos, Andrea Hoffmann
  • Methods of inducing or enhancing connective tissue repair
    Publication number: 20030185807
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of enhancing repair of a cartilage and/or inducing formation of a cartilage by administering a cell which expresses a factor of the T-box family, which includes inter-alia the brachyury. In another embodiment, the invention relates to an engineered cell, which is transfected with a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a factor of the T-box family, thereby expressing a factor of the T-box family. In another embodiment, the invention relates to compositions comprising a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a factor of the T-box family and in another embodiment the composition comprising cell which expresses a factor of the T-box family, which includes inter-alia the brachyury.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Dan Gazit, Yoram Zilberman, Gadi Turgeman, Gadi Pelled, Gerhard Gross, Stefan Czichos, Andrea Hoffmann
  • Recombinant human cell for bone and cartilage cell formation
    Publication number: 20030036523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a recombinant human cell of undifferentiated mesenchyma for bone and cartilage cell formation, the human cell having the ability to express Tbr-1, Brachyury or another member of the T-box family.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2002
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Yissum Research Development Company
    Inventors: Stefan Czichos, Joerg Lauber, Hubert Mayer, Gerhard Gross