Patents by Inventor Wenxuan Chai

Wenxuan Chai 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: 20240149522
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for fabricating tissue constructs, such as by fabricating perfusable tissue constructs by embedding a sacrificial material into a composite matrix yield stress support bath. A composite matrix bath can include a microgel filler and a hydrogel precursor. An extrusion tip can be used for embedded printing of perfusable tissue constructs by disposing sacrificial material into the composite matrix bath while the extrusion tip travels along a predefined course through the composite matrix bath. This sacrificial material can be the printed tissue construct or can be removed to render the matrix bath a perfusable tissue construct. The composite matrix bath can include acellular or cell-laden hydrogels. The sacrificial material can include a salt and a physiological buffer or a non-cytotoxic porogen material. The hydrogel precursor can include at least one of gellan and gelatin. Cross-linking can be carried out chemically, thermally, enzymatically, or physically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Ashley M. COMPAAN, Yong HUANG, Kaidong SONG, Wenxuan CHAI
  • Patent number: 11964075
    Abstract: Described herein are injectable composite inks composed of a hydrogel continuous phase with a plurality of microgels present within the hydrogel continuous phase. The inks described herein have unique chemical and physical properties that enable them to be printed into a number of different types of articles. The articles produced by the injectable composite inks have numerous medical applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Kaidong Song, Ashley M. Compaan, Wenxuan Chai
  • Patent number: 11745412
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for fabricating tissue constructs, such as by fabricating perfusable tissue constructs by embedding a sacrificial material into a composite matrix yield stress support bath. A composite matrix bath can include a microgel filler and a hydrogel precursor. An extrusion tip can be used for embedded printing of perfusable tissue constructs by disposing sacrificial material into the composite matrix bath while the extrusion tip travels along a predefined course through the composite matrix bath. This sacrificial material can be the printed tissue construct or can be removed to render the matrix bath a perfusable tissue construct. The composite matrix bath can include acellular or cell-laden hydrogels. The sacrificial material can include a salt and a physiological buffer or a non-cytotoxic porogen material. The hydrogel precursor can include at least one of gellan and gelatin. Cross-linking can be carried out chemically, thermally, enzymatically, or physically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ashley M. Compaan, Yong Huang, Kaidong Song, Wenxuan Chai
  • Patent number: 11724460
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for three dimensional printing apparatuses, methods of three dimensional printing, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Yifei Jin, Ashley M. Compaan, Wenxuan Chai, Chengcheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20220410470
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for fabricating tissue constructs, such as by fabricating perfusable tissue constructs by embedding a sacrificial material into a composite matrix yield stress support bath. A composite matrix bath can include a microgel filler and a hydrogel precursor. An extrusion tip can be used for embedded printing of perfusable tissue constructs by disposing sacrificial material into the composite matrix bath while the extrusion tip travels along a predefined course through the composite matrix bath. This sacrificial material can be the printed tissue construct or can be removed to render the matrix bath a perfusable tissue construct. The composite matrix bath can include acellular or cell-laden hydrogels. The sacrificial material can include a salt and a physiological buffer or a non-cytotoxic porogen material. The hydrogel precursor can include at least one of gellan and gelatin. Cross-linking can be carried out chemically, thermally, enzymatically, or physically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Ashley M. COMPAAN, Yong HUANG, Kaidong SONG, Wenxuan CHAI
  • Patent number: 11413808
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for fabricating tissue constructs, such as by fabricating perfusable tissue constructs by embedding a sacrificial material into a composite matrix yield stress support bath. A composite matrix bath can include a microgel filler and a hydrogel precursor. An extrusion tip can be used for embedded printing of perfusable tissue constructs by disposing sacrificial material into the composite matrix bath while the extrusion tip travels along a predefined course through the composite matrix bath. This sacrificial material can be the printed tissue construct or can be removed to render the matrix bath a perfusable tissue construct. The composite matrix bath can include acellular or cell-laden hydrogels. The sacrificial material can include a salt and a physiological buffer or a non-cytotoxic porogen material. The hydrogel precursor can include at least one of gellan and gelatin. Cross-linking can be carried out chemically, thermally, enzymatically, or physically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ashley M. Compaan, Yong Huang, Kaidong Song, Wenxuan Chai
  • Publication number: 20220176639
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for three dimensional printing apparatuses, methods of three dimensional printing, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Yifei Jin, Ashley M. Compaan, Wenxuan Chai, Chengcheng Liu
  • Patent number: 11207841
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for systems and methods of three dimensional printing including a precursor build material comprising a hydrogel precursor and a support material, wherein the precursor build material has a gel-like state when a stress applied to the precursor build material is less than a yield stress, wherein the precursor build material has a free-flow state when the stress applied to the precursor build material is above the yield stress, wherein when the stress applied to the precursor build material changes from above the yield stress to below the yield stress, the precursor build material returns to the gel-like state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Yifei Jin, Ashley M. Compaan, Wenxuan Chai, Chengcheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20210236697
    Abstract: Described herein are injectable composite inks composed of a hydrogel continuous phase with a plurality of microgels present within the hydrogel continuous phase. The inks described herein have unique chemical and physical properties that enable them to be printed into a number of different types of articles. The articles produced by the injectable composite inks have numerous medical applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Kaidong Song, Ashley M. Compaan, Wenxuan Chai
  • Publication number: 20200189182
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses, systems, and methods for fabricating tissue constructs, such as by fabricating perfusable tissue constructs by embedding a sacrificial material into a composite matrix yield stress support bath. A composite matrix bath can include a microgel filler and a hydrogel precursor. An extrusion tip can be used for embedded printing of perfusable tissue constructs by disposing sacrificial material into the composite matrix bath while the extrusion tip travels along a predefined course through the composite matrix bath. This sacrificial material can be the printed tissue construct or can be removed to render the matrix bath a perfusable tissue construct. The composite matrix bath can include acellular or cell-laden hydrogels. The sacrificial material can include a salt and a physiological buffer or a non-cytotoxic porogen material. The hydrogel precursor can include at least one of gellan and gelatin. Cross-linking can be carried out chemically, thermally, enzymatically, or physically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Ashley M. COMPAAN, Yong Huang, Kaidong Song, Wenxuan Chai
  • Publication number: 20190275746
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for systems and methods of three dimensional printing including a precursor build material comprising a hydrogel precursor and a support material, wherein the precursor build material has a gel-like state when a stress applied to the precursor build material is less than a yield stress, wherein the precursor build material has a free-flow state when the stress applied to the precursor build material is above the yield stress, wherein when the stress applied to the precursor build material changes from above the yield stress to below the yield stress, the precursor build material returns to the gel-like state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yong Huang, Yifei Jin, Ashley M. Compaan, Wenxuan Chai, Chengcheng Liu