C Michael Gore

Title: C. Michael Gore and His Tissue Scaffold Patents

Introduction

C. Michael Gore is an inventor associated with West Columbia, South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina. His patent work focuses on tubular tissue scaffolds designed to guide cell growth through aligned biopolymer fibrils. His portfolio includes 3 patents.

Latest Patents

“Apparatus for Producing Tissue Scaffold Having Aligned Fibrils” describes equipment for forming a tubular scaffold from a biopolymer gel dispersion. A feed pump supplies the dispersion to a tube-forming device, which applies angular shear across the tube wall. A liquid bath receives the scaffold as it exits the device.

“Method for Producing Tissue Scaffold Having Aligned Fibrils” describes a tubular scaffold whose biopolymer fibrils follow a helical pattern, with the pattern’s pitch varying across the wall’s radial position. The design is intended to guide attached and growing cells into a corresponding helical arrangement. The patent also describes apparatus and methods for producing the scaffold, as well as artificial tissue made from living cells attached to it and methods for using that tissue.

Career Highlights

Gore’s disclosed inventions address the fabrication of tissue-engineering materials with controlled structural features. By combining a tube-forming process with angular shear, the technology aims to align fibrils in ways that can influence the organization of cells growing on the scaffold.

Collaborations

Gore is associated with the University of South Carolina. His named coworkers include Edie C. Goldsmith and Louis Terracio.

Conclusion

C. Michael Gore’s patent work centers on producing helical, fibril-aligned tubular scaffolds and applying them to artificial tissue, connecting materials engineering with the guidance of cell growth.