Patents by Inventor Xinyan T. Cui

Xinyan T. Cui 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).

  • Antioxidant compounds and their use
    Patent number: 10385082
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel amine-functionalized porphyrin compounds, as wells as pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof. The disclosed compounds can be used to impart antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and/or cell-adhesion specificity to a surface or material in need thereof, such as a surface of an indwelling medical implant, or a marine surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Xinyan T. Cui, Noah Snyder, Kasey Catt, James Eles
  • Biomimetic coating for neural implants
    Patent number: 9924883
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are neural probes comprising an L1 polypeptide functional fragment thereof on the exterior surface of the probe, devices including such electrodes, and methods of their use. The disclosed embodiments are useful, for example, for in methods of recording and/or stimulating neural signals in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Xinyan T. Cui, Carl F. Lagenaur, Erdrin Azemi, Noah R. Snyder
  • ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE
    Publication number: 20170050996
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel amine-functionalized porphyrin compounds, as wells as pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof. The disclosed compounds can be used to impart antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, and/or cell-adhesion specificity to a surface or material in need thereof, such as a surface of an indwelling medical implant, or a marine surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Xinyan T. Cui, Noah Snyder, Kasey Catt, James Eles
  • BIOMIMETIC COATING FOR NEURAL IMPLANTS
    Publication number: 20150005607
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are neural probes comprising an L1 polypeptide functional fragment thereof on the exterior surface of the probe, devices including such electrodes, and methods of their use. The disclosed embodiments are useful, for example, for in methods of recording and/or stimulating neural signals in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh - Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Xinyan T. Cui, Carl F. Lagenaur, Erdrin Azemi, Noah R. Snyder