Patents by Inventor Stephen Flowers

Stephen Flowers 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 increasing bone mass
    Patent number: 8415316
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for promoting the differentiation of osteoblast bone forming cells to a mineralization phenotype and increasing bone mass using inhibitors of Brahma. Subjects benefiting from such treatment may have non-union fractures, osteopenia or osteoporosis, osteosarcoma, or a bone graft or bone fusion or orthopedic and dental implants, osteolytic bone disease, skeletal defects or deficiencies or periodontal disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
    Inventors: Elizabeth Moran, Stephen Flowers
  • Method for Increasing Bone Mass
    Publication number: 20110033443
    Abstract: The present invention features methods for promoting the differentiation of osteoblast bone forming cells to a mineralization phenotype and increasing bone mass using inhibitors of Brahma. Subjects benefiting from such treatment may have non-union fractures, osteopenia or osteoporosis, osteosarcoma, or a bone graft or bone fusion or orthopedic and dental implants, osteolytic bone disease, skeletal defects or deficiencies or periodontal disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventors: Elizabeth Moran, Stephen Flowers