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).

  • Autologous treatment of degenerated disc with cells
    Patent number: 8273347
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering autologous uncultured cells into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Thomas M. DiMauro, Melissa Grace, David Urbahns
  • Photocatalytic implant having a sensor
    Patent number: 8267883
    Abstract: An implant comprises a photocatalytic layer on at least one surface and is adapted to act as a sensor. In some embodiments, the photocatalytic layer is a semiconductor oxide that is doped. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a wave guide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light port. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a reflective material on a surface of the waveguide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a composite material comprising a first material that has a transmissivity when exposed to a predetermined wavelength of light and a second material that has photocatalytic activity when exposed to the predetermined wavelength of light. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light source adapted to irradiate the photocatalytic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Jeffrey K. Sutton, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, John Daniel Malone, Timothy Beardsley
  • Red light implant for treating osteoporosis
    Patent number: 8262713
    Abstract: Red light implants for delivering red light to spinal implants to enhance osteointegration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas DiMauro, Jeffrey Sutton
  • Intranasal delivery of compounds that reduce intrancranial pressure
    Patent number: 8167920
    Abstract: Increasing intranasal lymphatic circulation as a means of decreasing intracranial pressure in traumatic brain injury.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Terri A. Kapur
  • Transdiscal administration of cycline compounds
    Patent number: 8067397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering a doxycycline compound into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Gregory Collins, Laura J. Brown, Jeffrey C. Geesin
  • Methods of enhancing the immune response to autoantigens in mucosal associated lymphatic tissue
    Patent number: 7939078
    Abstract: Co-administration of an effective amount of autoantigen and UV light to mucosal associated lymphatic tissue (MALT) in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Codman & Shurtleff
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Chantal Holy
  • DELIVERY SYSTEMS, DEVICES, TOOLS, AND METHODS OF USE
    Publication number: 20110054408
    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. In various embodiments, the covering is suitable for a variety of procedure specific uses. Implantation tools may be provided for placing the covering at a surgical site. Kits may be provided including variously sized or shaped coverings and one or more tools for use in placing the covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Guobao Wei, Keyvan Behnam, Nanette Forsyth, John Winterbottom, James Beisser, Todd M. Boyce, Mohamed Attawia, Cristy J. Richards, Lawrence A. Shimp, Sigurd Berven, Randal R. Betz, Michael F. O'Brien, Alexis Shelokov, Robert Cohen, Alexander Vaccaro, Scott Boden, Harvinder Sandhu, Daryl R. Sybert, Munish Chandra Gupta, Georgiana Shelokov
  • Intranasal Red Light Probe For Treating Alzheimer's Disease
    Publication number: 20110022130
    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: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Chantal Holy
  • Photocatalytic Implant Having a Sensor
    Publication number: 20100317948
    Abstract: An implant comprises a photocatalytic layer on at least one surface and is adapted to act as a sensor. In some embodiments, the photocatalytic layer is a semiconductor oxide that is doped. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a wave guide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light port. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a reflective material on a surface of the waveguide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a composite material comprising a first material that has a transmissivity when exposed to a predetermined wavelength of light and a second material that has photocatalytic activity when exposed to the predetermined wavelength of light. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light source adapted to irradiate the photocatalytic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Jeffrey K. Sutton, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, John Daniel Malone, Timothy Beardsley
  • Intracranial Implant Emitting Light Between 450 nm and 600 nm
    Publication number: 20100268151
    Abstract: An intracranial implant emitting light having a wavelength between blue and yellow light
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Christoph Mauge, Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Jeffrey Sutton, Timothy Beardsley, Alan Dextradeur, Robert Kraus
  • Implant having a photocatalytic unit
    Patent number: 7744555
    Abstract: An implant comprises a photocatalytic layer on at least one surface. In some embodiments, the photocatalytic layer is a semiconductor oxide that is doped. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a wave guide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light port. According to some embodiments, the implant comprises a reflective material on a surface of the waveguide. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a composite material comprising a first material that has a transmissivity when exposed to a predetermined wavelength of light and a second material that has photocatalytic activity when exposed to the predetermined wavelength of light. According to some embodiments the implant comprises a light source adapted to irradiate the photocatalytic surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Jeffrey K. Sutton, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, John Daniel Malone, Tim Beardsley
  • Tissue augmentation, stabilization and regeneration technique
    Patent number: 7691105
    Abstract: A method of treating a fractured vertebral body by using a) a plurality of reinforcement rods combined with the b) a bone growth agent, wherein the reinforcement rods act to mechanically join disparate bone fragments across the fracture planes, thereby stabilizing the fracture site, and the bone growth agent promotes the growth of new bone across the fracture planes, thereby permanently replacing the fracture site with new bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Depuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Michael J O'Neil
  • Method of treating or preventing osteolysis in a patient by UVB light irradiation
    Patent number: 7673634
    Abstract: Irradiating osteolytic regions with UVB light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Depuy Spine, Inc
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Chantal Holy, Hugo Pedrozo, Jeffrey K. Sutton
  • Transdiscal administration of cycline compounds
    Publication number: 20090324558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering a doxycycline compound into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Gregory Collins, Laura J. Brown, Jeffrey C. Geesin
  • Transdiscal administration of specific inhibitors of pro-inflammatory cytokines
    Publication number: 20090175943
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • Transdiscal administration of cycline compounds
    Patent number: 7553827
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a cycline compound into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder, Laura J. Brown, Jeffrey C. Geesin
  • DELIVERY SYSTEM ATTACHMENT
    Publication number: 20090157087
    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: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Guobao Wei, Keyvan Behnam, Nanette Forsyth, John Winterbottom, James Beisser, Todd M. Boyce, Mohamed Attawia, Cristy J. Richards, Lawrence A. Shimp
  • Transdiscal administration of anti-TNFalpha antibodies and growth differentiation factors
    Publication number: 20090155364
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Hassan Serhan, Mohamed Attawia, Thomas M. DiMauro, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • Treatment of degenerated disc with autologous cells
    Publication number: 20090068270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to administering autologous uncultured cells into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan, Thomas M. DiMauro, Melissa Grace, David Urbahns
  • Red light implant for treating degenerative disc disease
    Patent number: 7465313
    Abstract: Red light-emitting implants for treating degenerative disc disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Depuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Jeffrey Sutton