Patents Assigned to Case Western Reserve University
  • Patent number: 11957469
    Abstract: A modified nerve cuff electrode is designed to enhance the stability of neural recording and/or nerve stimulation. Any nerve cuff electrode includes a nerve cuff and a plurality of electrodes within the nerve cuff. While traditional nerve cuff electrodes have every one of the plurality of electrode contacts on the inner surface of the nerve cuff, in the modified nerve cuff electrode each of an inner surface and an outer surface of the nerve cuff has at least one electrode contact. The at least one electrode contact on the outer surface can be electrically isolated from the peripheral nerve to provide a stable reference or ground during recording or a stable pathway for a return current during stimulation to enhance the stability of the recording or the stimulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Narendra Bhadra, Tina L. Vrabec, Niloy Bhadra, Kevin L Kilgore
  • Patent number: 11946075
    Abstract: A method of producing plant virus-like particles includes freeze drying an aqueous solution of plant virus particles to produce a substantially RNA-free plant virus-like particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jonathan Pokorski, Nicole Steinmetz, Parker Lee
  • Patent number: 11944722
    Abstract: A composition includes a dual crosslinkable hydrogel that includes a plurality of polymer macromers, which are crosslinked with a first agent and a second agent different than the first agent, wherein the crosslinks formed using the second agent are reversible and repeatable to allow the mechanical properties of the hydrogel to be dynamically adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eben Alsberg, Oju Jeon, Tae-Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11944716
    Abstract: A composition includes a plurality of particulate coated hydrogel microparticles, each of the microparticles including a hydrogel inner core and a particulate shell defined by a plurality of solid nanoparticles, the particulate shell inhibiting aggregation of the microparticles in an aqueous medium and being permeable to allow release of agents from the hydrogel inner core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eben Alsberg, Rui Tang
  • Patent number: 11944624
    Abstract: A method of treating cancer in a subject includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound, the small molecule having a general formula: A-L-X—Z (I).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Bingcheng Wang, Bin Su, Aaron Petty
  • Patent number: 11931339
    Abstract: A method for preventing or treating a tissue injury and/or promoting tissue repair in a subject in need thereof, includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an ADH inhibitor, AKR inhibitor, SCoR inhibitor, and/or PKM2 inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Stamler
  • Patent number: 11920147
    Abstract: A synthetic lentiviral vector construct comprises a genomic RNA packaging enhancer (GRPE) element and lentiviral nucleic acid sequences sufficient for reverse transcription and packaging in a host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Eric J. Arts
  • Patent number: 11922625
    Abstract: Embodiments include accessing an image of a region of tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology; detecting a plurality of cells represented in the image; segmenting a cellular nucleus of a first member of the plurality of cells and a cellular nucleus of at least one second, different member of the plurality of cells; extracting a set of nuclear morphology features from the plurality of cells; constructing a feature driven local cell graph (FeDeG) based on the set of nuclear morphology features and a spatial relationship between the cellular nuclei using a mean-shift clustering approach; computing a set of FeDeG features based on the FeDeG; providing the FeDeG features to a machine learning classifier; receiving, from the machine learning classifier, a classification of the region of tissue as a long-term or a short-term survivor, based, at least in part, on the set of FeDeG features; and displaying the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Anant Madabhushi, Cheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11920996
    Abstract: A pressure sensor array can be used to record a pressure distribution in gait analysis and/or tactile sensing applications. The pressure sensor array can include a piezo-resistive material and a uniform distribution of a plurality of flexible circuits. Each of the plurality of flexible circuits comprise at least one wire connecting an internal portion of a respective flexible circuit to a common port. A device housing the pressure sensor array can be customized to a size and used for a gait analysis and/or tactile sensing application. The arrangement of the wiring permits partial sensors to be used as part of the pressure sensor array during the gait analysis and/or tactile sensing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming-Chun Huang, Diliang Chen
  • Patent number: 11911468
    Abstract: A method of treating pulmonary metastasis of osteosarcoma cells (pOSs) in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an agent that interferes with VCAM-1/?4?1 signaling between pOSs expressing VCAM-1 and pulmonary macrophages (MACs) expressing ?4?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alex Yee-Chen Huang, Jay T. Myers
  • Patent number: 11915670
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and media for displaying interactive augmented reality presentations are provided. In some embodiments, a system comprises: a plurality of head mounted displays, a first head mounted display comprising a transparent display; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is programmed to: determine that a first physical location of a plurality of physical locations in a physical environment of the head mounted display is located closest to the head mounted display; receive first content comprising a first three dimensional model; receive second content comprising a second three dimensional model; present, using the transparent display, a first view of the first three dimensional model at a first time; and present, using the transparent display, a first view of the second three dimensional model at a second time subsequent to the first time based one or more instructions received from a server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Mark A. Griswold, Erin Henninger, Jeff Mlakar, Henry Eastman, Robert Gotschall, Catherine Sue Shick, Galen Tingle
  • Patent number: 11903952
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful in reducing inflammation, reducing inflammatory exudates, enhancing epithelial tissue generation or regeneration, and/or reducing mean pulmonary artery pressure in the lungs of a subject in need thereof. In particular, the compositions comprise vitamin D, an analog, or metabolite thereof, and the methods include administering the composition to a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the subject is suffering from an infection, such as a viral infection, which affects the lungs. In some embodiments, the viral infection comprises SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Case Western Reserve University, The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Kurt Q. Lu, Livia A. Veress, Kevin D. Cooper, Amisha Wallia
  • Patent number: 11909434
    Abstract: In an example, a system includes a plurality of acoustically coupled nodes. Each of the nodes includes a transducer, a communication circuit and a controller. The transducer is adapted to be mechanically coupled to a medium. The communication circuit is coupled to the transducer to send and receive acoustic signals via the medium according to at least one communication parameter. The controller is to adaptively configure the at least one communication parameter of the communication circuit based on an acoustic signal received from at least one other of the nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, VIRTUAL EM INC.
    Inventors: Xinyao Tang, Soumyajit Mandal, Joel B. Harley, Tayfun Ozdemir
  • Patent number: 11896676
    Abstract: A pepino mosaic virus (PepMV) carrier comprising a PepMV particle that has been modified to carry an imaging agent or anticancer agent is described. The PepMV carrier can be used in a method of targeting cancer cells and tissue by administering it to a subject. Cancer tissue targeted by the PepMV carrier can be imaged using an imaging agent, or treated using an anticancer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Nicole F. Steinmetz, Sourabh Shukla
  • Patent number: 11896349
    Abstract: Embodiments discussed herein facilitate determination of a response to treatment and/or a prognosis for a tumor based at least in part on features of tumor-associated vasculature (TAV). One example embodiment is a method, comprising: accessing a medical imaging scan of a tumor, wherein the tumor is segmented on the medical imaging scan; segmenting tumor-associated vasculature (TAV) associated with the tumor based on the medical imaging scan; extracting one or more features from the TAV; providing the one or more features extracted from the TAV to a trained machine learning model; and receiving, from the machine learning model, one of a predicted response to a treatment for the tumor or a prognosis for the tumor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Case Western Reserve University, The United States Government as Represented by The Department of Veteran Affairs
    Inventors: Anant Madabhushi, Nathaniel Braman
  • Patent number: 11883505
    Abstract: Anticancer virus particles are described. Anticancer virus particles are filamentous or rod-shaped plant virus particle containing an anticancer agent within the interior of the virus particle. The anticancer agent can be attached either covalently or non-covalently within the interior of the virus particle. A therapeutically effective amount of an anticancer virus particle can be administered to a subject identified as having cancer to provide a method of cancer treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nicole F. Steinmetz, Stephen J. Lippard, Anna Czapar, Yaorong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11885093
    Abstract: A method of installing a hybrid foundation for an offshore wind turbine, the method includes providing a monopile, friction wheel, and suction bucket; installing the friction wheel and suction bucket in the sea floor; and inserting the monopile through the opening into the sea floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiangwu Zeng, Xuefei Wang, Xu Yang, Xinyao Li
  • Patent number: 11884730
    Abstract: A method of sensitizing cancer to immunotherapy in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a CdK5 inhibitor to suppress immune checkpoint PD-L1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alex Yee-Chen Huang, Agne Petrosiute
  • Patent number: 11875509
    Abstract: A method for determining an undersampling error for a magnetic resonance fingerprinting (MRF) pulse sequence includes retrieving a plurality of sets of spatial response functions. Each set of spatial response functions is associated with a tissue type in a reference image and is based on a tissue mask of the reference image for each tissue type. A signal evolution for each tissue type may be generated based on, for example, the MRF pulse sequence, An undersampled image may be generated for each tissue type using the set of spatial response functions and the signal evolutions for the tissue type. At least one quantitative parameter may be determined by comparing an undersampled image series created from the undersampled images to an MRF dictionary. An undersampling error for the MRF pulse sequence may be generated by comparing a quantitative map (or maps) for the quantitative parameter (or parameters) and the reference image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Case Western Reserve University
    Inventors: Mark A. Griswold, Dan Ma, Debra McGivney, Rasim Boyacioglu
  • Patent number: 11865103
    Abstract: A method of treating a glycosylation-defective protein associated disease or disorder in a subject, the method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a Sarco/ER ATPase (SERCA) inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Alagramam N. Kumar, Suhasini Gopal Ramanujam