Patents by Inventor Francine Behar-Cohen

Francine Behar-Cohen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9750635
    Abstract: An injection device for injecting a product into an eye, said device comprising an injection needle and a support on which the injection needle is fixed, said device being characterized in that it comprises a locating mark disposed in such a way that the latter can be placed in contact with a defined bearing region of the surface of the eye, before any contact of the injection needle with said surface, and can then be kept in contact with said bearing region during a stage of penetration of said injection needle through said surface of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
    Inventors: Elodie Touchard, Laura Kowalczuk, Francine Behar-Cohen
  • Patent number: 9730948
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing glucocorticoid-induced corneal or skin thinning. In particular, the present invention relates to a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist for topical use in a method for preventing or reducing glucocorticoid-induced corneal or skin thinning in a subject in need thereof. The invention also relates to a topical pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of at least one glucocorticoid and an amount of at least one mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist or inhibitor of MR expression for use in a method for treating an inflammatory skin disease or an inflammatory disease of the cornea or of the anterior segment of the eye in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE), UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES, UNIVERSITE PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (PARIS 6), ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE-HOPITAUX DE PARIS (APHP)
    Inventors: Nicolette Farman, Frederic Jaisser, Francine Behar-Cohen, Selin Aractingi, Van Tuan Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9682089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for stimulating reepithelialization during wound healing. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist or an inhibitor of mineralocorticoid receptor gene expression for use in a method for stimulating reepithelialization of the skin or of the cornea during wound healing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignees: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS, UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES
    Inventors: Nicolette Farman, Francine Behar-Cohen, Frederic Jaisser
  • Patent number: 9610294
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of fluid accumulation in and/or under the retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: INSERM (INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE), UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Nicolette Farman, Frederic Jaisser
  • Patent number: 9586045
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method for treating an ocular disease in a subject comprising the steps consisting of i) delivering a pharmaceutical composition formulated with a therapeutic nucleic acid of interest into the suprachoroidal space of the diseased eye and ii) exposing the region where the pharmaceutical composition was delivered to an electrical field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Institut Nationale de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Elodie Touchard, Marianne Berdugo Polak
  • Publication number: 20170027860
    Abstract: The current invention provides a new and original method for treatment of ocular inflammatory diseases. More particularly, the present invention relates a mineralocorticoid receptor agonist for use in the treatment of an ocular inflammatory disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Elodie Bousquet
  • Publication number: 20160136183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing glucocorticoid-induced corneal or skin thinning. In particular, the present invention relates to a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist for topical use in a method for preventing or reducing glucocorticoid-induced corneal or skin thinning in a subject in need thereof. The invention also relates to a topical pharmaceutical composition comprising an amount of at least one glucocorticoid and an amount of at least one mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist or inhibitor of MR expression for use in a method for treating an inflammatory skin disease or an inflammatory disease of the cornea or of the anterior segment of the eye in a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Nicolette FARMAN, Frederic JAISSER, Francine BEHAR-COHEN, Selin ARACTINGI, Van Tuan NGUYEN
  • Patent number: 9315829
    Abstract: A method for intracellular delivery of isolated naked nucleic acids into a biological tissue or organ, that includes (a) contacting the tissue or organ with an efficient amount of at least one active corticosteroid, and (b) contacting the tissue or organ treated in step b with an efficient amount of isolated naked nucleic acids, wherein step (a) is carried out for a period of time ranging from at least five minutes to at most two hours and being immediately followed by step (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Elodie Touchard
  • Publication number: 20160082020
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for stimulating reepithelialisation during wound healing. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist or an inhibitor of mineralocorticoid receptor gene expression for use in a method for stimulating reepithelialisation of the skin or of the cornea during wound healing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicants: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS, UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES
    Inventors: Nicolette FARMAN, Francine BEHAR-COHEN, Frederic JAISSER
  • Patent number: 9241944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for stimulating reepithelialization during wound healing. More particularly, the present invention relates to a mmeralocorticoid receptor antagonist or an inhibitor of mineralocorticoid receptor gene expression for use in a method for stimulating reepithelialization of the skin or of the cornea during wound healing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris, Universite Paris Descartes
    Inventors: Nicolette Farman, Francine Behar-Cohen, Frédéric Jaisser
  • Publication number: 20150342876
    Abstract: The current invention provides a new and original method for treatment of ocular inflammatory diseases. More particularly, the present invention relates a mineralocorticoid receptor agonist for use in the treatment of an ocular inflammatory disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES
    Inventors: Francine BEHAR-COHEN, Elodie BOUSQUET
  • Patent number: 9192512
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for ocular application of an active principle (1) comprising a main electrode (2) including an insulating layer, an adhesive layer designed to bind the insulating layer to a conductive layer, characterized in that the main electrode comprises a zone (21, 22) designed to be urged into contact with an eyelid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: EYEGATE PHARMA S.A.S.
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Pierre Roy
  • Patent number: 9180044
    Abstract: An injection device for injecting a product into an eye, said device comprising an injection needle and a support on which the injection needle is fixed, said device being characterized in that it comprises a locating mark disposed in such a way that the latter can be placed in contact with a defined bearing region of the surface of the eye, before any contact of the injection needle with said surface, and can then be kept in contact with said bearing region during a stage of penetration of said injection needle through said surface of the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: INSTITUTE NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
    Inventors: Elodie Touchard, Laura Kowalczuk, Francine Behar-Cohen
  • Publication number: 20150238356
    Abstract: An injection device for injecting a product into an eye, said device comprising an injection needle and a support on which the injection needle is fixed, said device being characterized in that it comprises a locating mark disposed in such a way that the latter can be placed in contact with a defined bearing region of the surface of the eye, before any contact of the injection needle with said surface, and can then be kept in contact with said bearing region during a stage of penetration of said injection needle through said surface of the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Elodie TOUCHARD, Laura KOWALCZUK, Francine BEHAR-COHEN
  • Publication number: 20150216879
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of fluid accumulation in and/or under the retina.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Nicolette Farman, Frederic Jaisser
  • Patent number: 8957052
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of fluid accumulation in and/or under the retina.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Universite Paris Descartes, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Paris
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Nicolette Farman, Frederic Jaisser
  • Publication number: 20140323947
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device for ocular application of an active principle (1) comprising a main electrode (2) including an insulating layer, an adhesive layer designed to bind the insulating layer to a conductive layer, characterized in that the main electrode comprises a zone (21, 22) designed to be urged into contact with an eyelid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Pierre Roy
  • Publication number: 20140316326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an injection device comprising: —a first support (14) having a cup-shaped first contact surface (18) intented to come into contact with a first region of an outside surface of an eye, —a set of at least four injection needles (17) in fluid communication with each other and protruding from said first contact surface (18) at respective insertion points (22) so that the distance between the distal end (26) of any of said injection needles to said first contact surface is between 0.6 mm and 1.3 mm, the insertion points of the injection needles on the first contact surface being spread on said first contact surface so that the diameter (D?) of the largest circle (C?) that it is possible to include completely in the convex surface (E) defined by said insertion points on a front view of said first contact surface, without any insertion point being included in said circle, is less than 8 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventor: Francine Behar-Cohen
  • Publication number: 20140316372
    Abstract: An electrode device having an insertion part (12) adapted to be inserted into the suprachoroidal space of an eye so as to reach a service position, and an handling part (14) for manipulation of the electrode device, said electrode device comprising: —a support (25) having a distal part (31); —a set of wires (20) supported by said support and mobile between a retracted position in which said wires substantially extend along the support, and a deployed position in which respective parts of said wires, called “outside parts”, project from said distal part (31) of the support; —an electrically conductive element forming at least a portion of a said outside part or supported by a said outside part; —an electrical conductor (60) enabling, in said deployed position, an electrical connection between said electrically conductive element and an electrical generator; and —an actuator (16, 60) adapted for an operator to move the set of wires from said retracted position to said deployed position in said service position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventor: Francine Behar-Cohen
  • Publication number: 20140309613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for treating an ocular disease in a subject comprising the steps consisting of i) delivering a pharmaceutical composition formulated with a therapeutic nucleic acid of interest into the suprachoroidal space of the diseased eye and ii) exposing the region where the pharmaceutical composition was delivered to an electrical field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM)
    Inventors: Francine Behar-Cohen, Elodie Touchard, Marianne Berdugo Polak