Patents by Inventor Timothy Malaney

Timothy Malaney 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).

  • Collagen/glycosaminoglycan compositions for use as terminally sterilizable matrices
    Publication number: 20060008905
    Abstract: Compositions of cross-linked collagen and a glycosaminoglycan are provided which retain characteristics rendering them useful as tissue engineering matrices or scaffolds following terminal sterilization. Also provided are methods for producing these compositions and terminally sterilized matrices or scaffolds from these compositions as well as methods of using these matrices or scaffolds as tissue engineering devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Ralph-Heiko Mattern, Michael Pierschbacher, Fred Cahn, Juerg Tschopp, Timothy Malaney
  • Selective modification of pendent functionalities of polymers
    Patent number: 6916868
    Abstract: A process for selectively modifying pendent functionalities of a polymer containing the pendent functionalities and hydrolytically unstable backbone functionalities is provided. The process includes: (a) providing the polymer in a solvent system (preferably an ether-containing solvent system) adapted to maintain the polymer in a dissolved or partially dissolved state, wherein the pendent functionalities of the polymer are more accessible than the hydrolytically unstable backbone functionalities; and (b) adding at least one additive to the solvent system to selectively modify at least one of the pendent functionalities. The process is especially well suited for specifically acid hydrolyzing pendent esters of PDTE.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
    Inventors: John Kemnitzer, George Brode, Robert Minasyan, Timothy Malaney
  • Selective modification of pendent functionalities of polymers
    Publication number: 20040147688
    Abstract: A process for selectively modifying pendent functionalities of a polymer containing the pendent functionalities and hydrolytically unstable backbone functionalities is provided. The process includes: (a) providing the polymer in a solvent system (preferably an ether-containing solvent system) adapted to maintain the polymer in a dissolved or partially dissolved state, wherein the pendent functionalities of the polymer are more accessible than the hydrolytically unstable backbone functionalities; and (b) adding at least one additive to the solvent system to selectively modify at least one of the pendent functionalities. The process is especially well suited for specifically acid hydrolyzing pendent esters of PDTE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: Integra LifeSciences Corporation
    Inventors: John Kemnitzer, George Brode, Robert Minasyan, Timothy Malaney