Patents by Inventor Frederique Cunin

Frederique Cunin 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).

  • Porous photonic crystals for drug delivery to the eye
    Patent number: 11241380
    Abstract: A minimally invasive controlled drug delivery system for delivering a particular drug or drugs to a particular location of the eye, the system including a porous film template having pores configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive at least one drug therein, and wherein the template is dimensioned to be delivered into or onto the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: William Freeman, Michael J. Sailor, Lingyun Cheng, Frederique Cunin, Emily Anglin, Yang Yang Li
  • POROUS PHOTONIC CRYSTALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO THE EYE
    Publication number: 20220000768
    Abstract: A minimally invasive controlled drug delivery system for delivering a particular drug or drugs to a particular location of the eye, the system including a porous film template having pores configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive at least one drug therein, and wherein the template is dimensioned to be delivered into or onto the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: William Freeman, Michael J. Sailor, Lingyun Cheng, Frederique Cunin, Emily Anglin, Yang Yang Li
  • POROUS PHOTONIC CRYSTALS FOR DRUG DELIVERY TO THE EYE
    Publication number: 20180055765
    Abstract: A minimally invasive controlled drug delivery system for delivering a particular drug or drugs to a particular location of the eye, the system including a porous film template having pores configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive at least one drug therein, and wherein the template is dimensioned to be delivered into or onto the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: William Freeman, Michael J. Sailor, Lingyun Cheng, Frederique Cunin, Emily Anglin, Yang Yang Li
  • Functionalized porous silicon nanoparticles and use thereof in photodynamic therapy
    Patent number: 9694074
    Abstract: Disclosed are nanovectors of formula (I) that can be used simultaneously for the targeting, imaging and treatment, by photodynamic therapy, of cancer cells, and to biodegradable silicon nanoparticles containing a variety of photosensitizing molecules, in particular porphyrins, capable of targeting diseased cells and inducing cell death by excitation in the near-infrared region (>600 nm) in monophotonic and biphotonic modes. In formula (I), (AA) is a porous silicon nanoparticle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE MONTPELLIER
    Inventors: Frederique Cunin, Jean-Olivier Durand, Michael J. Sailor, Marcel Garcia, Emilie Secret, Magali Gary-Bobo, Marie Maynadier, Alain Morere
  • FUNCTIONALIZED POROUS SILICON NANOPARTICLES AND USE THEREOF IN PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
    Publication number: 20150087050
    Abstract: Disclosed are nanovectors of formula (I) that can be used simultaneously for the targeting, imaging and treatment, by photodynamic therapy, of cancer cells, and to biodegradable silicon nanoparticles containing a variety of photosensitizing molecules, in particular porphyrins, capable of targeting diseased cells and inducing cell death by excitation in the near-infrared region (>600 nm) in monophotonic and biphotonic modes. In formula (I), (AA) is a porous silicon nanoparticle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicants: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS), UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER 2 SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, ECOLE NATIONAL SUPERIEURE DE CHIMIE DE MONTPELLIER
    Inventors: Frederique Cunin, Jean-Olivier Durand, Michael J. Sailor, Marcel Garcia, Emilie Secret, Magali Gary-Bobo, Marie Maynadier, Alain Morere
  • MANUFACTURED PRODUCT WITH OPTICALLY ENCODED PARTICLE TAG AND ID METHOD
    Publication number: 20150076412
    Abstract: The invention concerns an article of manufacture that is a manufactured product marked with a microparticle and a method of marking manufactured produces. The microparticle tag includes a predetermined code embedded in its physical structure by refractive index changes between different regions of the particle. The particle has a diameter of a few hundred microns or less and has a plurality of layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Michael J. Sailor, Thomas Schmedake, Frederique Cunin, Jamie Link
  • Porous photonic crystals for drug delivery to the eye
    Patent number: 8945602
    Abstract: A minimally invasive controlled drug delivery system for delivering a particular drug or drugs to a particular location of the eye, the system including a porous film template having pores configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive at least one drug therein, and wherein the template is dimensioned to be delivered into or onto the eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: William Freeman, Michael J. Sailor, Lingyun Cheng, Frederique Cunin, Emily Anglin, Yang Yang Li
  • Optically encoded particles
    Patent number: 8765484
    Abstract: The invention concerns a particle having a code embedded in its physical structure by refractive index changes between different regions of the particle. In preferred embodiments, a thin film possesses porosity that varies in a manner to produce a code detectable in the reflectivity spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Michael J. Sailor, Thomas Schmedake, Frederique Cunin, Jamie Link
  • Nanostructured casting of organic and bio-polymers in porous silicon templates
    Patent number: 7713778
    Abstract: A method of generating three-dimensional nanostructures that includes providing a silicon substrate, creating a porous silicon template from the silicon substrate, wherein the template is created to have a predetermined configuration, depositing a predetermined material on the porous silicon template, and removing the porous silicon template from the deposited material to leave a freestanding nanostructure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yang Yang Li, Frederique Cunin, Michael J. Sailor, Jamie R. Link, Ting Gao
  • Porous photonic crystals for drug delivery to the eye
    Publication number: 20090208556
    Abstract: A minimally invasive controlled drug delivery system for delivering a particular drug or drugs to a particular location of the eye, the system including a porous film template having pores configured and dimensioned to at least partially receive at least one drug therein, and wherein the template is dimensioned to be delivered into or onto the eye.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2005
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Regents of the University of California, The
    Inventors: William Freeman, Michael J. Sailor, Lingyun Cheng, Frederique Cunin, Emily Anglin, Yang Yang Li
  • Nanostructured casting of organic and bio-polymers in porous silicon templates
    Publication number: 20060236436
    Abstract: A method of generating three-dimensional nanostructures that includes providing a silicon substrate, creating a porous silicon template from the silicon substrate, wherein the template is created to have a predetermined configuration, depositing a predetermined material on the porous silicon template, and removing the porous silicon template from the deposited material to leave a freestanding nanostructure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Yangyang Li, Frederique Cunin, Michael Sailor, Jamie Link, Ting Gao