Patents

Issued Patents (11)

Licensing note: Patents marked with an asterisk (*) are licensed by Medtronic, Until Labs, or Vigilant Diagnostics, or are available under an open license with the Smithsonian for conservation.

Patent NumberApplication NumberFiling DateTitle
US5720743A08/661,4106/7/1996Thermally insulating surgical probe
US7344530B210/810,9563/26/2004Thermal Surgical Procedures and Compositions
US7470271B211/268,74411/7/2005Thermal Surgical Procedures and Compositions
US9651508B214/375,2941/30/2013Thermal Contrast Assay and Reader *
US9851323B214/533,51011/5/2014System and Method for Determining a Spatial Thermal Property Profile of a Sample
US11141209B216/126,7952/27/2014Feedback System for Cryoablation of Cardiac Tissue*
US10725033B215/802,12011/2/2017Lateral Flow Assays with Thermal Contrast Readers*
US10816492B215/584,3015/2/2017Lateral Flow Assays With Thermal Contrast Readers*
US11044908B215/999,3158/17/2018Cryoprotection Compositions and Methods
US11141209B216/126,7959/10/2018Feedback System for Cryoablation of Cardiac Tissue*
US11304412B216/094,31610/17/2018Cryopreservation Compositions and Methods Involving Nanowarming*

Pending Patents (16)

Option note: Patents marked with an asterisk (*) are optioned by NorthStar Cryo, Everest Medical, VitriStor, or available under an open license with the Smithsonian for conservation.

Application NumberFiling DateTitle
14/775,9989/14/2015Cryopreservative Compositions and Methods
16/152,76910/5/2018Composite Scaffolds for Thermal Ablation of Metastatic Cancer Cells
16/852,8504/20/2020Cobalt-iron Nanowires for Remote Heating Using an Alternating Magnetic Field
17/262,1261/21/2021Systems and Methods for Cryopreservation of Biomaterials*
17/421,1617/7/2021System and Method for Cryopreservation of Tissues*
17/431,3618/16/2021High throughput system for production and vitrification of biomaterials in cryoprotectant droplets*
17/482,8989/23/2021Cryoprotective Compositions and Methods for Protection of a Surgical Site During Cryosurgery*
17/571,8021/10/2022Methods for Cryopreservation of Sub-Millimeter and Millimeter Scale Biological Materials*
17/579,3691/19/2022Cryopreservative Compositions and Methods
17/700,9503/22/2022Cryoprotective Compositions, Surgical Kits, and Methods for Protection of a Surgical Site During Cryosurgery*
17/726,2714/21/2022Cryopreservation Compositions and Methods Involving Nanowarming*
17/813,7797/20/2022Three Dimensional Placement of Organisms
17/969,97910/20/2022Methods for High Throughput Cryopreservation of Cell Clusters
63/347,4135/31/2022Materials and  Methods for Repeatable Magnetic Nanoparticle-based Heating for Tumor Ablation
63/358,3777/5/2022Rapid, Uniform and Scalable Rewarming for Cryopreservation Using Joule Heating*
63/431,24112/8/2022Methods and Systems for Cryopreservation of Biosystems Using a Cryomesh*