Jeffrey Michael Stewart

US Patent:

20070086987, Apr 19, 2007

Filed:

Nov 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/579508

Inventors:

Peter Yaeger - Natick MA, US
Jeffrey Stewart - Milford MA, US
Bruce Wentworth - Northborough MA, US

International Classification:

A61K 35/34
C12N 5/06
C12N 5/08

US Classification:

424093700, 435325000, 435366000

Abstract:

The disclosure provides methods of propagating skeletal muscle cell (SkMC) cultures enriched in differentiation-competent myoblasts that express normal levels of CD56 and reduced levels of desmin. The methods comprise culturing SkMCs in a mitogen-rich cell culture medium supplemented with TGF-β. The disclosure also provides therapeutic methods utilizing SkMCs propagated in TGF-β, e.g., methods of treating myocardial infarction by transplantation of autologous or allogeneic SkMCs.

US Patent:

58873864, Mar 30, 1999

Filed:

Apr 28, 1998

Appl. No.:

/067204

Inventors:

Zachary C. Alexanian - Bradford MA
Jeffrey A. Stewart - Amesbury MA

Assignee:

Timeless Shutters Incorporated - Merrimac MA

International Classification:

E06B 708

US Classification:

49403

Abstract:

Movable louvered window shutters embody a construction and a process for their fabrication that results in a shutter having a high quality, functionally and aesthetically. The shutters use a hardware arrangement including two types of louver pins, a compression spring and a tensioning mechanism to adjust the frictional drag on the shutters. The hardware facilitates a procedure in which the frame and louvers of the shutter are fabricated and finished separately and then assembled. The same kit of hardware can be used to make virtually any size window shutter having movable louvers. The tensioning mechanism includes a threaded insert that enables adjustment of the frictional drag on the louvers without causing deterioration or damage to the shutter frame.