Patents by Inventor Jacqueline Michele Achkar

Jacqueline Michele Achkar 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).

  • TUBERCULOSIS BIOMARKERS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180172699
    Abstract: The present invention provides biomarkers, methods and kits for diagnosing active tuberculosis in a subject, methods and kits for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment for active TB, as well as methods for identifying a compound that can treat TB reduce or inhibit the development of complications associated with the disease in a subject, and methods to treat active TB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Eustache Paramithiotis, Pascal Croteau, Jacqueline Michele Achkar
  • Tuberculosis biomarkers and uses thereof
    Patent number: 9857378
    Abstract: The present invention provides biomarkers, methods and kits for diagnosing active tuberculosis in a subject, methods and kits for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment for active TB, as well as methods for identifying a compound that can treat TB reduce or inhibit the development of complications associated with the disease in a subject, and methods to treat active TB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: Caprion Proteomics Inc., Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Eustache Paramithiotis, Pascal Croteau, Jacqueline Michele Achkar
  • Serologic test for the rapid diagnosis of active tuberculosis
    Patent number: 9841424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting active tuberculosis infection in a subject using serological techniques and a first agent capable of binding an IgG, IgA and/or IgM directed to the first protein present in or on a Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane vesicle or a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) membrane vesicle. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with an active tuberculosis disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacqueline Michele Achkar, Arturo Casadevall, Rafael Prados-Rosales, Anke Ziegenbalg
  • TUBERCULOSIS BIOMARKERS AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160154005
    Abstract: The present invention provides biomarkers, methods and kits for diagnosing active tuberculosis in a subject, methods and kits for monitoring the effectiveness of treatment for active TB, as well as methods for identifying a compound that can treat TB reduce or inhibit the development of complications associated with the disease in a subject, and methods to treat active TB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Eustache Paramithiotis, Pascal Croteau, Jacqueline Michele Achkar
  • SEROLOGIC TEST FOR THE RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF ACTIVE TUBERCULOSIS
    Publication number: 20150260714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and kits for detecting active tuberculosis infection in a subject using serological techniques and a first agent capable of binding an IgG, IgA and/or IgM directed to the first protein present in or on a Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane vesicle or a Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) membrane vesicle. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with an active tuberculosis disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jacqueline Michele Achkar, Arturo Casadevall, Rafael Prados-Rosales, Anke Ziegengalg