Patents by Inventor Rafael Prados-Rosales

Rafael Prados-Rosales 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).

  • 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
  • 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
  • USE OF MEMBRANE VESICLE-BASED VACCINE AGAINST M. TUBERCULOSIS
    Publication number: 20150224188
    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising a plurality of isolated mycobacterium membrane vesicles, and methods of use thereof, and methods of improving the efficacy of immunizations. Throughout this application various publications are referred to by number in parentheses. Full citations for the references may be found at the end of the specification. The disclosures of each of these publications, and also the disclosures of all patents, patent application publications and books recited herein, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety into the subject application to more fully describe the art to which the subject invention pertains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Arturo Casadevall, Rafael Prados-Rosales, Steven A. Porcelli, William R. Jacobs