Patents by Inventor Yossi Gafni

Yossi Gafni 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).

  • Vascular tissue engineering
    Publication number: 20030068817
    Abstract: The invention relates to tubularized tissue, which in one embodiment is a vascular tissue made by seeding cells on the exterior surface of a scaffold and incubating of the cells so as to form a tubular tissue with the scaffold inside. In another embodiment the invention relates to a hybrid tissue. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods of using the same for example, for enhancing blood vessel formation in a patient, for promoting angiogenesis and vasculogenesis, for replacing damaged blood vessel and for determining cellular or tissue function of an agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Dan Gazit, Yossi Gafni, Gadi Turgeman, Gadi Pelled