Patents by Inventor Xinming Tong

Xinming Tong 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).

  • Macroporous 3-D scaffolds for tissue engineering
    Patent number: 10004587
    Abstract: Macroporous 3-D tissue engineering scaffold comprising elastomeric cross-linked polymer units and interconnected macropores containing living cells are produced by step of: in a mixture of the cells and elastomeric polymer units comprising activatable crosslinking groups, activating the crosslinking groups to form the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees for the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Li-Hsin Han, Xinming Tong
  • MACROPOROUS 3-D SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING
    Publication number: 20160331508
    Abstract: Macroporous 3-D tissue engineering scaffold comprising elastomeric cross-linked polymer units and interconnected macropores containing living cells are produced by step of: in a mixture of the cells and elastomeric polymer units comprising activatable crosslinking groups, activating the crosslinking groups to form the scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Li-Hsin Han, Xinming Tong
  • Dynamic macropore formation using multiple porogens
    Patent number: 9415138
    Abstract: Macroporous 3-D tissue engineering scaffold are manufactured by contacting an article comprising multiple distinct macroparticulate porogens distributed within a polymer scaffold, wherein the porogens are selectively and sequentially dissolvable by corresponding biocompatible stimuli.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Li-Hsin Han, Xinming Tong
  • Macroporous 3-D scaffolds for tissue engineering
    Patent number: 9402710
    Abstract: Macroporous 3-D tissue engineering scaffold comprising elastomeric cross-linked polymer units and interconnected macropores containing living cells are produced by step of: in a mixture of the cells and elastomeric polymer units comprising activatable crosslinking groups, activating the crosslinking groups to form the scaffold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Li-Hsin Han, Xinming Tong
  • Dynamic Macropore Formation Using Multiple Porogens
    Publication number: 20140161843
    Abstract: Macroporous 3-D tissue engineering scaffold are manufactured by contacting an article comprising multiple distinct macroparticulate porogens distributed within a polymer scaffold, wherein the porogens are selectively and sequentially dissolvable by corresponding biocompatible stimuli.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Li-Hsin Han, Xinming Tong
  • Macroporous 3-D scaffolds for tissue engineering
    Publication number: 20140017284
    Abstract: Macroporous 3-D tissue engineering scaffold comprising elastomeric cross-linked polymer units and interconnected macropores containing living cells are produced by step of: in a mixture of the cells and elastomeric polymer units comprising activatable crosslinking groups, activating the crosslinking groups to form the scaffold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Li-Hsin Han, Xinming Tong