Patents by Inventor Mohamed Attawia

Mohamed Attawia 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).

  • RED LIGHT IMPLANTS FOR TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS
    Publication number: 20160287893
    Abstract: A method of treating a patient, involving a) injecting a flowable material into a cancellous bone region of a bone, wherein the material is adapted to facilitate tissue regeneration, and b) irradiating the cancellous bone region with an effective amount of NIR/red light. The irradiation may be carried out from a light source located inside the bone. The light may enter the bone via a transmitter located underneath the skin of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Jeffrey K. Sutton
  • DELIVERY SYSTEM ATTACHMENT
    Publication number: 20160250038
    Abstract: A covering for delivering a substance or material to a surgical site is provided. The covering, with substance provided therein, may be referred to as a delivery system. Generally, the covering may be a single or multi-compartment structure capable of at least partially retaining a substance provided therein until the covering is placed at a surgical site. Upon placement, the covering may facilitate transfer of the substance or surrounding materials. For example, the substance may be released (actively or passively) to the surgical site. The covering may participate in, control, or otherwise adjust, the release of the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Guobao Wei, Keyvan Behnam, Nanette Forsyth, John Winterbottom, James Beisser, Todd Boyce, Mohamed Attawia, Cristy J. Richards, Lawrence A. Shimp
  • TRANSDISCAL ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIFIC INHIBITORS OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES
    Publication number: 20160228558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • INTERVERTEBRAL DISC PUNCTURE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160213367
    Abstract: A pre-assembled, telescoping needle system comprising an outer needle surrounding a finer gauge needle which, after percutaneous penetration by the outer needle, extends to penetrate the intervertebral disc into which the injectable is to be delivered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Cynthia Lee, Hassan Serhan, Michael O'Neil
  • Delivery system attachment
    Patent number: 9333082
    Abstract: A covering for delivering a substance or material to a surgical site is provided. The covering, with substance provided therein, may be referred to as a delivery system. Generally, the covering may be a single or multi-compartment structure capable of at least partially retaining a substance provided therein until the covering is placed at a surgical site. Upon placement, the covering may facilitate transfer of the substance or surrounding materials. For example, the substance may be released (actively or passively) to the surgical site. The covering may participate in, control, or otherwise adjust, the release of the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Guobao Wei, Keyvan Behnam, Nanette Forsyth, John Winterbottom, James Beisser, Todd M. Boyce, Mohamed Attawia, Cristy J. Richards, Lawrence A. Shimp
  • LIGAMENT AND TENDON REPLACEMENT CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20150190222
    Abstract: Degradable/polymeric fiber-based, three-dimensional braided scaffolds for use as graft materials in ligament and tendon repair, reconstruction and replacement are provided. Also provided are methods for preparing these scaffolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: CATO T. LAURENCIN, FRANK K. KO, JAMES ARTHUR COOPER, JR., HELEN H. LU, MOHAMED A. ATTAWIA
  • RED LIGHT IMPLANTS FOR TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS
    Publication number: 20150073558
    Abstract: Red light implants for delivering red light to spinal implants to enhance osteointegration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M DiMauro, Jeffrey K Sutton
  • Red light implant for treating Parkinson's disease
    Patent number: 8900284
    Abstract: This invention relates to an implantable device that delivers an effective amounts of red light to the substantia nigra as a treatment for Parkinson's Disease (PD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Chantal Holy, Sean Lilienfeld, Jeffrey K. Sutton, Michael Ward
  • Local intraosseous administration of bone forming agents and anti-resorptive agents, and devices therefor
    Patent number: 8895540
    Abstract: This invention relates to local administration of a bone-forming agent and at least one anti-resorptive agent to treat osteoporosis and related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Melissa Grace, Michael Slivka, Thomas G. Ferro, Vivek N. Shenoy, Alonzo D. Cook, Scott Bruder
  • Transdiscal administration of anti-TNF? antibodies and growth differentiation factors
    Patent number: 8877193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC.
    Inventors: Hassan Serhan, Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • Red light implants for treating osteoporosis
    Patent number: 8845703
    Abstract: Red light implants for delivering red light to spinal implants to enhance osteointegration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M DiMauro, Jeffrey K Sutton
  • Light-based implants for treating Alzheimer's disease
    Patent number: 8821559
    Abstract: An intracranial, light-emitting implant for providing therapy to a patient having Alzheimer's Disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Chantal Holy, Jeffrey K Sutton, Michael Ward
  • Red Light Implant for Treating the Spine
    Publication number: 20140243937
    Abstract: Red light-emitting implants for treating a spine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Jeffrey K. Sutton
  • Transdiscal Administration of Specific Inhibitors of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines
    Publication number: 20140199322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • Intranasal red light probe for treating alzheimer's disease
    Patent number: 8734498
    Abstract: A method of treating disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures in the basal prefrontal cortex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Chantal Holy
  • Transdiscal administration of specific inhibitors of pro-inflammatory cytokines
    Patent number: 8728523
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • Enhanced adipose tissue
    Patent number: 8715733
    Abstract: An enhanced adipose tissue containing native adipose tissue and a concentrated amount of an active agent derived from adipose tissue, wherein the enhanced adipose tissue is preferably injected into the intervertebral disc of a patient suffering from degenerative disc disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: DePuy Synthes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Sudhakar Kadiyala, Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M DiMauro
  • Trans-capsular administration of high specificity cytokine inhibitors into orthopedic joints
    Patent number: 8361467
    Abstract: The present invention relates to trans-capsularly administering into a diseased joint a high specificity antagonist selected from the group consisting of: i) an inhibitor of a pro-inflammatory interleukin; ii) an inhibitor of TNF-? synthesis; iii) an inhibitor of membrane-bound TNF-?; iv) an inhibitor of a natural receptor of TNF-?; v) an inhibitor of NO synthase, vi) an inhibitor of PLA2 enzyme; vii) an anti-proliferative agent; viii) an anti-oxidant; ix) an apoptosis inhibitor selected from the group consisting of EPO mimetic peptides, EPO mimetibodies, IGF-I, IGF-II, and caspase inhibitors, and x) an inhibitor of MMPs; and xi) an inhibitor of p38 kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Martin A. Reynolds, Melissa Grace, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder, Gregory Collins, Laura J. Brown, Jeff Geesin, Pamela L. Plouhar, Catherine Smith, John Siekierka
  • Treatment of degenerated disc with autologous cells
    Patent number: 8333960
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering autologous uncultured cells into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Thomas M. DiMauro, Melissa Grace, David Urbahns
  • RED LIGHT IMPLANTS FOR TREATING OSTEOPOROSIS
    Publication number: 20120310308
    Abstract: Red light implants for delivering red light to spinal implants to enhance osteointegration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Jeffrey K. Sutton