Patents by Inventor Steven R. Caliari

Steven R. Caliari 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: 20240181129
    Abstract: Injectable fibrous hydrogel are provided. The injectable fibrous hydrogels include a guest macromer of a hyaluronic acid (HA) backbone and host macromer of a HA backbone, the guest macromer is a HA electrospun hydrogel nanofiber functionalized with adamantane (Ad), and the host macromer is a HA electrospun hydrogel nanofiber functionalized with ?-cyclodextrin (CD). Injectable formulations that include the fibrous hydrogels are also provided, as are methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Steven R. Caliari, Beverly Miller
  • Publication number: 20240157023
    Abstract: Disclosed are phototunable hydrogels, compositions that include the same, and methods for using the same for treating wounds and/or injuries, for inhibiting formation of scar tissue at wound sites, for inhibiting fibrosis in subjects in need thereof, for inhibiting lung fibrosis and/or scarring in subject in need thereof, for inhibiting formation of myofibroblasts from fibroblasts, and for inhibiting expression of ?-smooth muscle actin (?-SMA) and/or type I collagen in fibroblasts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Steven R. Caliari, Erica Hui, Thomas H. Barker
  • Publication number: 20240001004
    Abstract: A multicompartment conductive collagen scaffold composite, comprising a scaffold comprising collagen and an electrically conductive material, optionally wherein the electrically conductive material comprises electrically conductive particles, and further comprising longitudinally aligned pores, and methods of making and using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Steven R. Caliari, Ivan Basurto
  • Patent number: 10736992
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for making and using collagen-glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffolds immobilized with biomolecules that are spatially and temporally patterned. The method comprises adding benzophenone to a collagen-glycosaminoglycan three dimensional scaffold in the dark; adding one or more biomolecules to one or more areas of the collagen-glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffold (which can be done optionally in the dark or in the light); and exposing the collagen-2glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffold to light at a wavelength of about 350 to about 365 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bailey, Brendan A. Harley, Teresa A. Martin, Steven R. Caliari
  • Publication number: 20190192735
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for making and using collagen-glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffolds immobilized with biomolecules that are spatially and temporally patterned. The method comprises adding benzophenone to a collagen-glycosaminoglycan three dimensional scaffold in the dark; adding one or more biomolecules to one or more areas of the collagen-glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffold (which can be done optionally in the dark or in the light); and exposing the collagen-2glycosaminoglycan three-dimensional scaffold to light at a wavelength of about 350 to about 365 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan C. Bailey, Brendan A. Harley, Teresa A. Martin, Steven R. Caliari
  • Publication number: 20140309738
    Abstract: Collagen-glycosaminoglycan membrane shell scaffold core composites for connective tissue engineering that avoids aspects of the typical tradeoff between mechanical properties (i.e. modulus, failure strength) and bioactivity (i.e., permeability and porosity) for porous tissue engineering scaffolds. The relative density of the collagen glycosaminoglycan scaffold core can be about 0.5 to about 0.95 while the membrane shell can be about 0.001 to 25 about 0.2. The core-shell composite can be tubular and the composite can have a diameter of about 1 mm to about 20 mm. The collagen glycosaminoglycan membrane shell can be perforated with about 25 to about 1000 micrometers openings or alternatively can be embossed with any range of pattern features from about 25 to about 1000 micrometers in size. The porous collagen glycosaminoglycan scaffold core can be populated with cells such as adult or embryonic stem cells, tenocytes, osteoblasts, nerve cells, cardiac cells, myocytes, fibroblasts or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Brendan A. Harley, Steven R. Caliari, Manuel Alejandro Ramirez Garcia