Stephen K Cochran

US Patent:

7597885, Oct 6, 2009

Filed:

Mar 26, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/810518

Inventors:

Thomas H. Barrows - Austell GA, US
Stephen A. Cochran - Tucker GA, US
Bryan Marshall - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Aderans Research Institute, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

A61K 31/74
A01N 63/00
A01N 65/00
C12N 11/04

US Classification:

424 937, 435182

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an improved scaffold which is constructed to mimic the architecture of the native hair follicle. The present invention also relates to the use of specific compositions and methods of manufacture to produce scaffolds that combine biocompatibility with the desired rates of bioabsorption. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a process for manufacturing a biomimetic hair follicle graft and a method for seeding the graft with cells and implanting the graft into the skin where the growth of a new hair shaft is desired. A further embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for hair multiplication in which cells are multiplied in culture and aliquoted into a multitude of bioabsorbable scaffolds in combination with cultured keratinocytes or other allogenic cells.

US Patent:

D606190, Dec 15, 2009

Filed:

Sep 16, 2008

Appl. No.:

29/324590

Inventors:

Terrell Pruitt - Lawnreceville GA, US
Stephen A. Cochran - Tucker GA, US
Bryan Marshall - Philadelphia PA, US
Yandong Su - Atlanta GA, US
John DePiano - Burlington MA, US
Gary F. Prokop - Wheaton IL, US
Martin Rathgeber - Chicago IL, US
Kenneth Justin Washenik - Los Angeles CA, US

Assignee:

Aderans Research Institute, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

2402

US Classification:

D24113

US Patent:

7780635, Aug 24, 2010

Filed:

Feb 8, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/672675

Inventors:

Terrell Pruitt - Lawrenceville GA, US
Stephen A. Cochran - Tucker GA, US
Bryan Marshall - Atlanta GA, US
Yandong Su - Atlanta GA, US
Kurt Stricker Stenn - Princeton NJ, US
Kenneth Justin Washenik - Beverly Hills CA, US
John DePiano - Burlington MA, US
Gary F. Prokop - Wheaton IL, US
Martin Rathgeber - Chicago IL, US

Assignee:

Aderans Research Institute, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

A61M 31/00
A61M 5/00

US Classification:

604187, 604522, 604506, 604188, 604224

Abstract:

The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.

US Patent:

D690004, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Mar 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

29/415973

Inventors:

Terrell Pruitt - Lawrenceville GA, US
Yandong Su - Atlanta GA, US
Bryan Marshall - Atlanta GA, US
Stephen Cochran - Tucker GA, US
Joseph Suarez - Plantation FL, US

Assignee:

Aderans Research Institute, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

2402

US Classification:

D24113

US Patent:

8206335, Jun 26, 2012

Filed:

Jul 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/836336

Inventors:

Terrell Pruitt - Lawrenceville GA, US
Stephen A. Cochran - Tucker GA, US
Bryan Marshall - Atlanta GA, US
Yandong Su - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Aderans Research Institute, Inc. - Marietta GA

International Classification:

A61M 35/00

US Classification:

604 19, 604125, 604211, 604233, 222309

Abstract:

The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. The invention provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection. The method comprises the steps of aspirating the cellular material into a fluid delivery device which incorporates a syringe arrangement. The cellular material is aspirated into the main body of the syringe until the desired amount of a material has filled the syringe body. The needle of the fluid delivery device is then inserted into the skin of a subject at an angle about parallel to the skin until a desired depth has been reached. The cellular material is then injected in the subject until the desired volume of material has been injected. The needle of the device is then rotated approximately 45 to 90 degrees and the needle is removed from the injection site.

US Patent:

20070122387, May 31, 2007

Filed:

Nov 22, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/603818

Inventors:

Stephen Cochran - Tucker GA, US
Bryan Marshall - Atlanta GA, US
Thomas Barrows - Austell GA, US
Yandong Su - Atlanta GA, US
Robyn Schlicher - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Aderans Research Institute, Inc. - Beverly Hills CA

International Classification:

A61K 35/36

US Classification:

424093700

Abstract:

The present invention is a hair graft derived from a plucked hair comprising a plucked hair having adhered epidermal stem cells and associated follicular dermal cells. The present invention also includes methods of making a hair graft, methods of implanting a hair graft and methods of identifying inductive follicular dermal cells.

US Patent:

20120283656, Nov 8, 2012

Filed:

May 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/478866

Inventors:

Terrell Pruitt - Lawrenceville GA, US
Stephen A. Cochran - Tucker GA, US
Bryan Marshall - Atlanta GA, US
Yandong Su - Atlanta GA, US

International Classification:

A61M 5/315

US Classification:

604211

Abstract:

The present invention provides fluid and material delivery methods and devices for practicing the methods. In one embodiment the device is a micrometer assisted fluid delivery device comprising a micrometer, a holder portion, and a syringe. The micrometer assisted delivery device is designed to control the amount of the solution that can be aspirated and delivered and the rate at which material is aspirated and dispensed from a syringe into tissue. The invention also provides a method of delivering cellular material comprising injecting the cellular material into a subject such that the injected cells retain their inherent morphologic characteristics upon injection.