Patents by Inventor Jerome Engel

Jerome Engel 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).

  • Use of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles in cancer detection and treatment
    Patent number: 9011913
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of detecting a cancer cell in an individual, methods of grading a cancer, and methods of treating a cancer. The methods involve use of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles that comprise a moiety that provides for selective association with, and/or metabolic uptake into, a cancer cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20130251641
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 2-deoxyglucose-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. The compositions are useful in various applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: The Regents of the Universtiy of California
    Inventors: MASSOUD AKHTARI, JEROME ENGEL
  • Functionalized magnetic nanoparticles and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8445021
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 2-deoxyglucose-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. The compositions are useful in various applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20110110868
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides compositions comprising 2-deoxyglucose-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles. The compositions are useful in various applications, which are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Use of Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles in Cancer Detection and Treatment
    Publication number: 20110044911
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of detecting a cancer cell in an individual, methods of grading a cancer, and methods of treating a cancer. The methods involve use of functionalized magnetic nanoparticles that comprise a moiety that provides for selective association with, and/or metabolic uptake into, a cancer cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel
  • Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles and Methods of Use Thereof
    Publication number: 20080206146
    Abstract: The present invention provides functionalized magnetic nanoparticles comprising a functional group, which functionalized magnetic nanoparticles exhibit differential binding to a tissue, indulging brain tissue, bone, and vascular tissues. The present invention further provides compositions, including pharmaceutical compostions, comprising a subject functionalized magnetic nanoparticle. The present invention further provides diagnostic and research methods including use of subject functionized magnetic nanoparticles. The present invention further provides a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-visible drug delivery system; drugs using MRI, as well as tissue-specific drug delivery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Massoud Akhtari, Jerome Engel