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).

  • Transdiscal administration of high affinity anti-MMP inhibitors
    Patent number: 7429378
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high affinity antagonist of MMPs into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Hassan Serhan, Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder, Laura J. Brown, Jeffrey C. Geesin
  • Intranasal Red Light Probe For Treating Alzheimer's Disease
    Publication number: 20080221646
    Abstract: A method of treating Alzheimer's Disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Chantal Holy
  • Red Light Implants for Treating Degenerative Disc Disease
    Publication number: 20080221652
    Abstract: Red light-emitting implants for treating degenerative disc disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Jeffrey Sutton
  • Transdiscal administration of specific inhibitors of pro-inflammatory cytokines
    Publication number: 20080213261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Mohamed Attawia, Sudhakar Kadiyala, David Urbahns, Scott Bruder
  • Anti-osteolytic therapy involving adiponectin
    Patent number: 7399742
    Abstract: This invention is directed to administering an effective amount of adiponectin into an osteolytic region for treating osteolysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Depuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Hassan Serhan
  • Intradiscal injection of autologous interferon
    Patent number: 7367961
    Abstract: Administering to a patient Type I interferon or viable cells induced to produce Type I Interferon preferably into an inflamed joint, such an interverebral disc, for example, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: Depuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia
  • Intranasal red light probe for treating Alzheimer's disease
    Patent number: 7351253
    Abstract: A method of treating Alzheimer's Disease in which intranasal red light devices are used to shine red light upon the brain structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Chantal Holy
  • Transdiscal administration of specific inhibitors of pro-inflammatory cytokines
    Patent number: 7344716
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Mohamed Attawia
  • METHOD OF INDUCING TOLERANCE TO BETAAP 1-42 AND MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN
    Publication number: 20080014176
    Abstract: UVB irradiation of white blood cells in order to induce tolerance to antigenic ?AP 1-42. To treat Alzheimer's Disease in a patient, irradiate autologous white blood cells with UVB light to cause tolerance therein. Combine the tolerized cells with ?AP 1-42 to form a mixture. To treat stroke or multiple sclerosis in a patient, irradiate autologous white blood cells with UVB light to cause tolerance therein. Combine the tolerized cells with myelin basic protein to form a mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. Di Mauro, Chantal Holy, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld
  • INTRANASAL DELIVERY OF CLENBUTEROL ACROSS THE CRIBRIFORM PLATE AND INTO THE BRAIN
    Publication number: 20080014152
    Abstract: The intranasal delivery of an effective amount of NGF inducers, such as clenbuterol, to the brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. Di Mauro, Chantal Holy, Mohamed Attawia, Sean Lilienfeld, Terri Kapur, Francis Binette
  • METHOD OF TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE BRAIN DISEASE WITH A COMPOSITE COMPRISING SUPERPARAMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES AND A THERAPEUTIC COMPOUND
    Publication number: 20080014285
    Abstract: A method of treating brain injury involving intrathecally administering a composite powder comprising superparamagentic nanoparticle and a therapeutic agent compound, and then magnetically transporting the composite into an injured brain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas M. Di Mauro, Sean Lilienfeld, Mohamed Attawia
  • Intervertebral Disc Puncture and Treatment System
    Publication number: 20070282300
    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: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: December 6, 2007
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Cynthia Lee, Hassan Serhan, Michael O'Neil
  • Transdiscal administration of high affinity anti-MMP inhibitors
    Publication number: 20070269413
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high affinity antagonist of MMPs into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Hassan Serhan, Thomas DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Gregory Collins
  • Red light implant for treating Parkinson's disease
    Patent number: 7288108
    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: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Codman & Shurtleff, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Chantal Holy, Sean Lilienfeld, Jeffrey K. Sutton, Michael Ward
  • Muscle-Polymer Constructs for Bone Tissue Engineering
    Publication number: 20070250165
    Abstract: Bone grafting materials containing a polymer scaffold loaded with bone morphogenetic proteins and populated with muscle cells induced by the bone morphogenetic proteins to exhibit an osteoblastic phenotype and to synthesize bone tissue are provided. Also provided are methods for using these polymer scaffolds in bone grafting procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Cato Laurencin, Helen Lu, Michelle Kofron, Saadiq El-Amin, Mohamed Attawia
  • Red Light Implant For Treating Parkinson's Disease
    Publication number: 20070239235
    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: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Chantal Holy, Sean Lilienfeld, Jeffrey Sutton, Michael Ward
  • TRANSDISCAL ADMINISTRATION OF SPECIFIC INHIBITORS OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES
    Publication number: 20070237777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to injecting a high specificity cytokine antagonist into a diseased intervertebral disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Applicant: DePuy Spine, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas DiMauro, Hassan Serhan, Mohamed Attawia
  • Tissue augmentation, stabilization and regeneration Technique
    Publication number: 20070083205
    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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: April 12, 2007
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Michael O'Neil
  • Red light implant for treating osteoporosis
    Publication number: 20070073300
    Abstract: Red light implants for delivering red light to spinal implants to enhance osteointegration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Mohamed Attawia, Thomas DiMauro, Jeffrey Sutton
  • Red light implant for treating degenerative disc disease
    Publication number: 20070073363
    Abstract: Red light-emitting implants for treating degenerative disc disease
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: Thomas DiMauro, Mohamed Attawia, Jeffrey Sutton