Patents Assigned to Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Patent number: 11382778
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) having a stent structure (2) intended for the insertion into blood vessels of the human or animal body, wherein the stent structure (2) assumes an expanded state during which it is in contact with the inner wall of the blood vessel and a contracted state during which the stent structure being located in a microcatheter can be moved through the blood vessel, wherein the stent structure (2) preferably being connected at its proximal end with an delivery wire (3) and wherein the device (1) being employed for the treatment of vasospasm. Moreover, the invention also relates to a relevant method for the treatment of vasospasm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Femtos GmbH, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Thomas Liebig, Hermann Monstadt, Hans Henkes, Ralf Hannes
  • Patent number: 10962752
    Abstract: It is provided a method for identifying optical aberrations. The method comprising the steps of providing at least one first optical beam and a second optical beam; creating a combined beam by at least partially superimposing the first and the second optical beam; focusing the combined beam into or through a medium and detecting radiation excited in the medium by the combined beam due to nonlinear optical effects; detecting the radiation excited in the medium by the combined beam for each one of the phase positions, the spatial positions and/or the time positions of the first beam; and identifying aberrations using signals generated by a detection device for the plurality of the phase positions, the spatial positions and/or the time positions of the first beam relative to the second beam upon the detection of the radiation excited in the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN
    Inventors: Benjamin Judkewitz, Ioannis Papadopoulos
  • Patent number: 10960046
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method of treating a disorder, such as Prader Willi Syndrome (PWS), obesity or hyperphagia, in a subject using a melanocortin-4 receptor (MC4R) agonist. Also described is method of treating a subject having a deficiency in the pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-MC4R pathway, such as a POMC-null or a PCSK-null subject, using a MC4R agonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: RHYTHM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN
    Inventors: Leonardus H. T. Van Der Ploeg, Bart Henderson, Peter Kuhnen
  • Patent number: 10172610
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for tying a knot, said device comprising a thread (10) having a functional end (12) and a pull end (13). According to the invention, a main body (2) is provided and the thread (10) is laid around the outer surface (3) of said main body in the form of a prepared, still open knot (11), such that as a result of pulling on the pull end (13), the thread slides along the lateral surface (3) and forms a closed knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN
    Inventor: Panagiotis Fikatas
  • Patent number: 10144777
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a B-lymphocyte targeting agent for use in a method for the treatment or diagnosis of cardiac insufficiency. Furthermore, it is related to a composition comprising such B-lymphocyte targeting agent and methods for determining whether a patient suffering from cardiac insufficiency is amenable to the use of the B-lymphocyte targeting agent for its treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Carsten Tschöpe, H. P. Schultheiss, Felicitas Escher, Hans-Dieter Volk, Petra Reinke
  • Patent number: 9868750
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a 4,5-diarylimidazole derivative of formulae (I), (II) or (III): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the 4,5-diarylimidazole derivative has a hydroxamic acid residue at a first aryl ring and a residue R1 at a second aryl ring; and wherein R1 is hydrogen, a halogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted alkoxy group; R2 is independently selected from an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkoxy or alkene group; M is a metal atom; L is a halogen atom, an unsubstituted or substituted phosphane, sulfane, arene or alkene group or a 4,5-diarylimidazole-derivative of formula (I); and n is an integer of from 1 to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN, UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH
    Inventors: Michael Höpfner, Bernhard Biersack, Rainer Schobert, Katharina Mahal
  • Patent number: 9833215
    Abstract: A method, device, and computer program product for capturing projection images of an object are provided. An x-ray beam source is moved by a control unit on a path into a plurality of positions, in which an x-ray beam is transmitted. An x-ray beam detector is moved by the control unit into a plurality of positions, in which the x-ray beam, penetrating the object, is detected. The x-ray beam source and/or the x-ray beam detector are moved on a calculated path around the object, at a constant distance between the x-ray beam source and the x-ray beam detector or the object. The path is described by an nth degree polynomial and determined by the control unit through an optimization of a path along the central x-ray beam. The polynomial is selected such that a safety clearance with respect to the object is maintained and a distance between the x-ray beam detector and the object is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V, Charite—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Fabian Stopp, Marc Käseberg, Sebastian Engel, Erwin Keeve, Felix Fehlhaber, Eckart Uhlmann
  • Patent number: 9335329
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a diagnostic assay for the diagnosis of an autoimmune disease. The present invention provides an improved diagnostic assay for the diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, particularly rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). In particular the invention pertains to a method of determining in a sample of a subject the presence of two or more antibodies comprising the step of determining whether an antibody is present in a sample that specifically recognizes a hnRNP-DL polypeptide or a fragment thereof or a splice variant thereof and the further step of determining whether at least one further antibody is present in the sample that specifically recognizes a at least one other hnRNP polypeptide which is not sequence homologue to said hnRNP-DL polypeptide or fragments thereof or splice variants thereof, and/or said CCP peptide and/or a polypeptide comprising at least the Fc-part of IgG, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e.V, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Zoltán Konthur, Hans Lehrach, Karl Skriner
  • Patent number: 9239300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an X-ray system and method for generating 3D image data. The X-ray system comprises a radiation detector, a movable X-ray tube assembly and a control unit, wherein in a working state of the system the radiation detector is detachably positioned in a spatially fixed manner and the X-ray tube assembly can be moved into relative positions relative to the radiation detector. Projection images recorded in the relative positions can be processed together with the coordinates of the relative positions using an iterative reconstruction technique or other image processing methods so as to obtain 3D X-ray images. The X-ray tube assembly is attached to a motor-driven movable stand arm and can be displaced using a control unit. The stand base of the movable stand can be positioned in a spatially fixed manner, so that it has a defined fixed position relative to the radiation detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignees: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Erwin Keeve, Fabian Stopp, Eckart Uhlmann
  • Patent number: 9234201
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an aptamer comprising or consisting of the nucleic acid sequence of SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3 and/or a nucleic acid sequence being at least 80% identical to one of SEQ ID No. 1, 2 and 3 for use in therapy and/or diagnosis of autoimmune diseases, wherein the autoimmune disease is cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), idiopathic cardiomyopathy, Chagas' cardiomyopathy, Chagas' megacolon, Chagas' megaesophagus, Chagas' neuropathy, benign prostatic hyperplasia, scleroderma, psoriasis, Raynaud syndrome, pre-eclamsia, kidney allograft rejection, myocarditis, glaucoma, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, malignant hypertension, and/or Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignees: MAX-DELBRUECK-CENTRUM FUER MOLEKULARE MEDIZIN, CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITAETSMEDIZIN BERLIN
    Inventors: Ingolf Schimke, Annekathrin Haberland, Gerd Wallukat
  • Patent number: 9133120
    Abstract: The invention relates to fluorinated fentanyl derivatives that function as opioid receptor agonists, which activate target opioid receptors in a pH-dependent manner, and are thus selective for the receptors in inflamed (acidic) milieu; uses thereof and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: CHARITÉ—UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN, KONRAD-ZUSE-INSTITUT
    Inventors: Christoph Stein, Marcus Weber, Christian Zöllner, Olga Scharkoi
  • Patent number: 8956617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of vaccination via hair follicles that makes it possible to target vaccine components to the antigen-presenting cells in order to induce a protective and effective immune response against pathogens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6, Universite Charite—Universitaetsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Behazine Combadiere, Annika Vogt, Ulrike Blume-Peytavi, Brigitte Autran, Christine Katlama, Hans Schaeffer
  • Patent number: 8835392
    Abstract: The present invention relates to peptide-mimetic compounds, the synthesis and use thereof fort he inhibition of proteasomes and the induction of apoptosis in tumor cells. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the use of the compounds for a treatment of diseases, in particular cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignees: Technische Universität, Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Boris Schmidt, Sumaira Umbreen, Hannes Braun, Peter-Michael Kloetzel, Ulrike Kuckelkorn
  • Patent number: 8686063
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a method of infiltrating enamel for the prevention and/or treatment of carious lesions comprising (a) exposing an enamel area to a conditioner comprising hydrochloric acid; (b) exposing the conditioned enamel area to an infiltrant; and (c) curing the infiltrant. The present invention further refers to a kit for carrying out the method of infiltrating enamel, which comprises a conditioner comprising hydrochloric acid and an infiltrant comprising at least one low viscous dental resin. The present invention also refers to a method for identifying an infiltrant by calculation of the penetration coefficient, and to an infiltrant identified by the method having a penetration coefficient of >50 cm/s or comprising a low viscous light curing resin having a penetration coefficient of >50 cm/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Hendrik Meyer-Lückel, Sebastian Paris, Andrej M. Kielbassa
  • Patent number: 7101697
    Abstract: A restriction endonuclease having one DNA binding site is proposed, synthesized from a restriction endonuclease that has one C-terminal domain and one N-terminal domain and two DNA binding sites, by proteolytic cleavage into the two domains or by cloning the gene segment that codes for the domains and expression of the domains and selection of the endonucleolytic domains having one DNA binding site. In addition, a method of synthesis of the restriction endonuclease and its use are claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Inventors: Merlind Mücke, Monika Reuter, Detlev Krüger