Patents by Inventor Stephen A. Cochran

Stephen A. Cochran 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).

  • Publication number: 20120283656
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. In one embodiment the device is a micrometer assisted fluid delivery device comprising a micrometer, a holder portion, and a syringe. The micrometer assisted delivery device is designed to control the amount of the solution that can be aspirated and delivered and the rate at which material is aspirated and dispensed from a syringe into tissue. The invention also provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su
  • Patent number: 8206335
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su
  • Publication number: 20100280488
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, Kurt Stricker Stenn, Kenneth Justin Washenik, John Depiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber
  • Patent number: 7780635
    Abstract: The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, Kurt Stricker Stenn, Kenneth Justin Washenik, John DePiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber
  • Patent number: 7597885
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved scaffold which is constructed to mimic the architecture of the native hair follicle. The present invention also relates to the use of specific compositions and methods of manufacture to produce scaffolds that combine biocompatibility with the desired rates of bioabsorption. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a biomimetic hair follicle graft and a method for seeding the graft with cells and implanting the graft into the skin where the growth of a new hair shaft is desired. A further embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for hair multiplication in which cells are multiplied in culture and aliquoted into a multitude of bioabsorbable scaffolds in combination with cultured keratinocytes or other allogenic cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Barrows, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall
  • Patent number: D606190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Aderans Research Institute, Inc.
    Inventors: Terrell Pruitt, Stephen A. Cochran, Bryan Marshall, Yandong Su, John DePiano, Gary F. Prokop, Martin Rathgeber, Kenneth Justin Washenik