Pitt Innovators were issued 9 U.S. patents in November, 2021. Eight are available for licensing, including a new method of re-growing bone and other tissue.
Featured patent: 11,179,502 “Biomimetic Hydrodgel Scaffolds and Associated Methods“
Annually, there are more than 1 million bone-grafting operations in the U.S. Traditional bone grafts consist of porous scaffolds made of metals, polymers, ceramics, or composite biomaterials. These grafts result in unsatisfactory surgical outcomes due to poor wear, mechanical mismatch, and incompatible surface environment. It’s often necessary to augment traditional grafts with expensive growth factors for bones to heal. Pitt innovators led by Shilpa Sant, Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Science, are developing a hydrogel scaffold system (FHSS) that offers not only biocompatibility, biodegradability, and mechanical stability, but also its bioactivity encourages sequestration and deposition of minerals to regrow bone at the site of the graft. In addition, the self-assembling fibrous scaffold is simple and cost-effective to produce.
For more information on this technology, including licensing, contact Janice Panza at jpanza@innovation.pitt.edu.
Below is a list of patents issued to Pitt innovators in November 2021. You can also search the complete database of all Pitt innovations available for licensing.
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11,161,684 |
Device and Method for Preventing Immediate Access to an Object |
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Rory Cooper; Sabah Ocasio; Heather Caron; Garrett Grindle; Benjamin Bebrosky; Katherine Gaines |
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11,170,480 |
Image Enhancement Using Virtual Averaging |
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Joel Schuman; Chieh-Li Chen; Hiroshi Ishikawa; Chaim-Gadi Wollstein |
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11,167,277 |
CU(I)-Catalyzed Aide-Alkyne Cycloadditions (CuAAC) Ligands and Methods for Carrying Out Cu(I)-Catalyzed Aide-Alkyne-Cycloaddition Reactions |
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Dexing Zeng |
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11,173,175 |
Uridine Diphosphate Compounds as Mobilizers of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells |
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Byeong-Chel Lee |
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11,173,160 |
Use of TG02 for Treating Gliomas in Pediatric Subjects |
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Sameer Agnihortri; Alberto Broniscer; Ian Pollack; Thomas Estok |
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11,180,507 |
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Xinyan Tracy Cui; Bin Cao |
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11,179,412 |
Methods of Treating Conditions Involving Elevated Inflammatory Response |
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Daolin Tang; Ling Zeng; Timothy Billiar |
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11,179,502 |
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Shilpa Sant |
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11,185,611 |
Method and Apparatus for Decellularization of Tissue |
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Christopher Hobson; Thomas Gilbert; Ethan Ungchusri |
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