Patents Assigned to HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUNCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR GESUNDHEIT UND
  • Patent number: 8697854
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a high affinity T cell receptor (TCR) against a tumor-associated antigen, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding same, a T cell expressing said TCR, and a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of diseases involving malignant cells expressing said tumor-associated antigen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt GmbH
    Inventors: Dolores Schendel, Susanne Wilde, Bernhard Frankenberger, Wolfgang Uckert
  • Patent number: 8693618
    Abstract: A scanner device for computed tomography imaging of an object, includes a measurement device including a source device arranged for irradiating the object with at least one beam and a detector device arranged for detecting radiation transmitted through the object, wherein the source device has a fixed position relative the detector device, and a carrier device accommodating the object in a position between the source device and the detector device, wherein the measurement device and the carrier device are capable of a scanning movement relative to each other, and the measurement device and the carrier device have a fixed spatial orientation during the scanning movement. Furthermore, a scanning method for computed tomography imaging of an object is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Oleg Tischenko, Matthias Klaften, Christoph Hoeschen, Martin Hrabe de Angelis
  • Publication number: 20140093038
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiation detector (10), in particular for detecting x-ray radiation, comprising a carrier substrate (11), a detector layer (12) which comprises GaN, is arranged on the carrier substrate (11) and has a thickness less than 50 ?m, and contact electrodes (13) which form ohmic contacts with the detector layer (12). The invention also relates to a measurement device which is equipped with at least one such radiation detector (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum Für Gesundheit Und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Stefan Thalhammer, Markus Hofstetter, John Howgate, Martin Stutzman
  • Publication number: 20140034060
    Abstract: An artificial airway including an airway tube having proximal and distal ends and a mask mounted at the distal end of the airway tube characterized in that the airway tube includes a curved portion adjacent to its distal end and a straight portion extending from the curved portion to the proximal end of the airway tube and the curved portion is more rigid than the straight portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Philip Stuart Esnouf, John Berg, Michael Eric Schenberg
  • Patent number: 8633020
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a T cell receptor (TCR) recognizing antigenic peptides derived from tumor-associated antigen FMNL1/KW13 and being capable of inducing peptide specific killing of a target cell. The present invention is further directed to one antigenic peptides derived from tumor-associated antigen FMNL1/KW13, to an antigen specific T cell, comprising said TCR, to a nucleic acid coding for said TCR and to the use of the antigen specific T cells for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of malignancies characterized by overexpression of FMNL1/KW13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt
    Inventors: Angela Krackhardt, Ingrid Schuster, Dirk Busch
  • Patent number: 8630466
    Abstract: An image processing method for providing a digitized image as an approximation of an image function ƒ, wherein the digitized image comprises a plurality of pixels with a predetermined pixel size, comprises the steps of providing the image function ƒ from Radon data comprising a plurality of projection functions measured corresponding to a plurality of predetermined projection directions (v), and determining pixel values from the image function, the pixel values representing the digitized image to be obtained, wherein the pixel values are determined in dependence on at least two image function values within the pixel size of the respective pixel. Furthermore, an imaging method and an imaging device using the image processing method are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignees: State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Christoph Hoeschen, Oleg Tischenko, Yuan Xu
  • Patent number: 8571171
    Abstract: A method of reconstructing a tomographic image of a region of investigation with reduced artifacts, said method comprises the steps of (a) reconstructing a first partial image and a second partial image of the region of investigation from first and second projection profiles each of which including projection data collected at first and second different groups of parallel projection lines, resp., wherein the first and second projection profiles are provided such that streak aliasing artifacts in the first and second partial images have different spatial phases, and (b) generating the tomographic image of the region of investigation by superimposing the first and second partial images. Preferably, the first and second projection profiles are constructed such that streak aliasing artifacts in the first and second partial images have opposite spatial phases relative to each other. Furthermore, an imaging method and an imaging device for imaging a region of investigation in an object are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignees: Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education on Behalf of the University of Oregon
    Inventors: Oleg Tischenko, Yuan Xu, Christoph Hoeschen
  • Publication number: 20130212725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modifying a target sequence in the genome of a eukaryotic cell, the method comprising the step: (a) introducing into the cell a fusion protein comprising a DNA-binding domain of a Tal effector protein and a non-specific cleavage domain of a restriction nuclease or a nucleic acid molecule encoding the fusion protein in expressible form, wherein the fusion protein specifically binds within the target sequence and introduces a double strand break within the target sequence. The present invention further relates to the method of the invention, wherein the modification of the target sequence is by homologous recombination with a donor nucleic acid sequence further comprising the step: (b) introducing a nucleic acid molecule into the cell, wherein the nucleic acid molecule comprises the donor nucleic acid sequence and regions homologous to the target sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUNCHEN DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR GESUNDHEIT UND
    Inventors: Ralf Kühn, Wolfgang Wurst, Melanie Meyer
  • Publication number: 20130089569
    Abstract: The invention relates to recombinant MVA which is capable of expressing structural HCV antigens, functional parts of said structural antigens or epitopes of said structural antigens. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition, especially in the form of a vaccine and containing the recombinant MVA according to the invention, to eukaryotic cells that contain the inventive recombinant MVA and to various uses of the recombinant MVA, for example for producing recombinant structural proteins, for producing a pharmaceutical preparation that is suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of HCV infections and diseases thereby caused. The invention further relates to methods for producing recombinant MVA and recombinant structural HCV polypeptides encoded by said recombinant MVA, and to DNA or RNA of said recombinant MVA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventor: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches
  • Patent number: 8409809
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a newly discovered gene named KASPP for Kinase Associated with Parkinsonism with Pleiomorphic Pathology or alternatively named LRRK2 for Leucine-Rich Repeat Kinase 2, its production, biochemical characterization and use for the detection and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson disease (PD) including, without limitation, sporadic PD, Alzheimer disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and other synucleinopathies and/or tauopathy as well as several polymorphisms and mutations in the KASPP/LRRK2 gene segregated with PD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen, Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research
    Inventors: Thomas Meitinger, Tim Matthias Strom, Saskia Biskup, Marius Ueffing, Elisabeth Kremmer, Christian Johannes Gloeckner, Thomas Gasser, Petra Herzig, Friedrich Asmus, Nadja Patenge, Alexander Zimprich, Matthew J. Farrer, Jennifer M. Kachergus, Sara J. Lincoln, Mary M. Hulihan, Zibigniew Wszolek, Ryan Uitti
  • Publication number: 20130041267
    Abstract: An imaging device for medical imaging includes a light source device arranged to illuminate a sample under investigation with illumination light, a detector device arranged to collect a plurality of images including at least two sample light images backscattered by the sample in different spectral ranges, and at least one marker light image originating from at least one marker substance in the sample, and a processor device adapted to process the at least two sample light images and create at least one correction component, the processor device further adapted to correct the marker light image using the at least one correction component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Vasilis Ntziachristos, George Themelis
  • Publication number: 20130024959
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a cell comprising a conditionally active transgene in its genome, the method comprising (a) introducing into the cell a targeting vector, wherein the targeting vector comprises (i) a 5? recombinase recognition site specifically recognised by a first recombinase, wherein the first recombinase is endogenously present in the cell or wherein the first recombinase or a nucleic acid molecule encoding said first recombinase in expressible form is introduced into the cell; followed by (ii) a 5? recombinase recognition site specifically recognised by a second recombinase, wherein the second recombinase is not endogenously present or is not active in the cell; followed by (iii) a selection cassette comprising a positively selectable marker gene; followed by (iv) a 3? recombinase recognition site specifically recognised by a third recombinase, wherein the third recombinase is not endogenously present or is not active in the cell; followed by (v) the transgene; follo
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF FRANKFURT-MEDICAL SCHOOL, HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN-DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FÜR GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELT (GMBH)
    Inventors: Laura Schebelle, Frank Schnütgen, Thomas Floss
  • Publication number: 20120262502
    Abstract: An autostereoscopic display includes a background illumination with a multiplicity of parallel light strip groups with in each case at least two parallel light strips, wherein the individual light strip groups are arranged next to one another with a first grid dimension, and a lens grid arranged before the background illumination and has a multiplicity of parallel lens strips, wherein the lens strips are arranged next to one another with a second grid dimension, as well as a light modulator arranged before the lens grid and displays image information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Christoph Hoeschen, Oleg Tischenko, Matthias Klaften, Lars Kroker, Michael Scholles, Jens Knobbe
  • Publication number: 20120220851
    Abstract: An imaging device configured for optoacoustic imaging of an object, including an illumination device including optical components arranged to illuminate the object, a detector device comprising an array of detector elements arranged in a tank and arranged to detect acoustic signals created in the object, and a container device including a tank arranged to accommodate the detector device, the object and a matching transmission medium, a holding device adapted to position and move the object relative to the illumination device and the detector device, wherein the optical components are arranged in the tank to illuminate the object from different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Daniel Razansky, Vasilis Ntziachristos
  • Patent number: 8243875
    Abstract: An imaging method for imaging a region of investigation of an object, comprises the step of irradiating the region of investigation with at least one energy input beam along a plurality of projection directions, wherein the at least one energy input beam comprises a plurality of individual energy input beam components, wherein the energy input beam is shaped such that at least two of the energy input beam components have different cross-sections and groups of parallel energy input beam components being parallel to one of the projection directions provide a continuous irradiation of the region of investigation. Furthermore, a device for imaging the object is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: State of Oregon Acting by and through the State Board of Higher Education, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Yuan Xu, Oleg Tischenko, Christoph Hoeschen
  • Patent number: 8217009
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a T cell receptor (TCR) recognizing antigenic peptides derived from tumor-associated antigen FMNL1/KW13 and being capable of inducing peptide specific killing of a target cell. The present invention is further directed to one antigenic peptides derived from tumor-associated antigen FMNL1/KW13, to an antigen specific T cell, comprising said TCR, to a nucleic acid coding for said TCR and to the use of the antigen specific T cells for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of malignancies characterized by overexpression of FMNL1/KW13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt
    Inventors: Angela Krackhardt, Ingrid Schuster, Dirk Busch
  • Patent number: 8206701
    Abstract: The present invention relates to semi-allogeneic antigen-presenting cells into which proteins and/or peptides or RNA or DNA or cDNA, respectively, encoding said proteins and/or peptides which are overexpressed in tumor cells or which are derived from autologous tumor cells or different tumor cells or different tumor cell lines have been introduced. Furthermore the invention relates to methods for the generation of these semi-allogeneic antigen-presenting cells as well as to the use thereof in the treatment of tumor diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Dolores Schendel, Rudolf Wank
  • Publication number: 20120123256
    Abstract: A method of thermoacoustic imaging of an object includes providing thermoacoustic signals representing a mechanical wave response to a delivery of electromagnetic energy into the imaged object, reconstructing an energy deposition image representing a local energy absorption within the object based on the thermoacoustic signals, and decomposing the energy deposition image into a quantitative absorption image representing a distribution of a local absorption coefficient in the object and at least one further image component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Daniel Razansky, Vasilis Ntziachristos, Amir Rosenthal
  • Patent number: 8142772
    Abstract: This invention is directed to therapeutic compositions containing non-MHC-restricted Tcells/NK-cells in combination with MHC-restricted T-cells and especially to therapeutic compositions, which comprise LAK cells. Furthermore, the present invention is directed to the use of the above combination in the treatment of tumors in humans, which tumors show a missing, low or aberrant expression of MHC class Ia or Ib molecules. By using the aforementioned compositions/combinations it is possible to provide a balanced selective pressure against emergence of tumor cell variants that would otherwise escape immune detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen Deutsches Forschungszentrum fur Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Elfriede Noessner, Elisabeth Weiss, Dolores Schendel, Christine Falk
  • Publication number: 20120020940
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a peptide comprising or consisting of the following amino acid sequence: A0-A1-A2-A3-A4-A5-A6-A7-A8-A9-A10-A11-A12 (formula II), wherein A0 is a hydrophobic amino acid residue or is absent; A1, A4, A7, A8, A12 each are a hydrophobic amino acid residue; and A2, A6, A9, A10 each are a basic amino acid residue; A5 is an alanine or a basic amino acid residue; A3, A11 each are a basic amino acid residue, or a hydrophobic amino acid residue; or a peptidomimetic thereof; wherein the basic amino acid residues are selected from the group consisting of arginine, lysine and histidine; wherein the hydrophobic amino acid residues are selected from the group consisting of leucine, alanine, isoleucine, valine, methionine and phenylalanine; and wherein said peptide or peptidomimetic has antimicrobial and/or antiviral activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum Für Gesundheit Und Umwelt (GmbH)
    Inventors: Jörg Durner, Christian Lindermayr, Ruth Brack-Werner