Patents by Inventor William Chick

William Chick 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).

  • Devices for cloaking transplanted cells
    Patent number: 6368612
    Abstract: Implantable devices that include a source of a therapeutic substance and a capture agent are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Biohybrid Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert P. Lanza, William Chick
  • Devices containing cells or tissue and an agent that inhibits damage by a host cell molecule
    Patent number: 6287558
    Abstract: A device that includes a living cell or tissue and an agent that inhibits the ability of a host molecule to damage the cell or tissue. The device can be constructed in various forms including an implantable device, a composite microreactor and a double composite microreactor. The composite microreactor includes an internal particle that includes a living cell or tissue, an internal particle matrix that includes the living cell or tissue and an internal semipermeable coating enclosing the internal particle matrix, a gel super matrix in which the internal particle is embedded, and an agent that inhibits the ability of a host molecule to damage the cell or tissue. The double composite microreactor includes an internal particle, a particle that includes a particle matrix in which the internal particle is embedded, a super matrix in which the particle is embedded, and an agent that inhibits the ability of a host molecule to damage the living cell or tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: BioHybrio Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Robert P. Lanza, Dawn M. Ecker, John Ringeling, Joanne P. Marsh, William Chick