Patents Assigned to The United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Patent number: 11786540
    Abstract: A method of performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a mammalian subject including the step of delivering an effective amount of a gliflozin solution during cardiac resuscitation through an intravenous or intraosseous route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, The United States as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Raúl J. Gazmuri, Jeejabai Radhakrishnan, Salvatore Aiello
  • Patent number: 11771739
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and methods for treating microbial inflammation including its end-stage sepsis and conditions associated with the microbial inflammation such as thrombocytopenia and hypoglycogenemia. In one aspect, the compositions and methods disclosed herein can also be used to enhance clearance of microbes from infected tissues, organs, or systems in a subject. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods for reducing levels of stress responsible transcription factors and metabolic transcription factors in a cell in a subject with microbial inflammation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Vanderbilt University, The United States As Represented By The Department Of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Jack Jacek Hawiger, Jozef Zienkiewicz, Ruth Ann Veach, Yan Liu, Lukasz Wylezinski
  • Patent number: 11696903
    Abstract: Compounds and methods of scavenging bifunctional electrophiles and reducing the occurrence of lysyl-levuglandin adducts in a subject in need thereof by administering a levuglandin adduct formation inhibiting amount of a compound of the following formula: wherein the variables are defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Vanderbilt University, The United States as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Keith T. Wilson, John A. Oates, Olivier Boutaud, Venkataraman Amarnath, Erica J. Carrier, Alain P. Gobert
  • Patent number: 11673853
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that disrupt the interaction between Fbxo48 and phosphorylated-AMPK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, The United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Beibei Chen, Rama K. Mallampalli, Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 11576612
    Abstract: A sensor apparatus includes at least one substrate layer of an elastically deformable material, the substrate layer extending longitudinally between spaced apart ends thereof. A conductive layer is attached to and extends longitudinally between the spaced apart ends of the at least one substrate layer. The conductive layer includes an electrically conductive material adapted to form a strain gauge having an electrical resistance that varies based on deformation of the conductive layer in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Steve J A Majerus, Jeremy Dunning, Katherine M. Bogie, Joseph A. Potkay
  • Patent number: 11426385
    Abstract: Provided are methods and compositions for prolonging survival and/or reducing or inhibiting tumor growth in a cancer subject receiving a regimen of one or more chemotherapeutic agents, an inhibitor of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEHi) and a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that inhibits one or more enzymes selected from the group consisting of cyclo-oxygenase (“COX”)-1, COX-2, and 5-lipoxygenase (“5-LOX”). The methods and compositions decrease toxicity and/or adverse side effects in subjects receiving a regimen of one or more chemotherapeutic agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Bruce D. Hammock, Sung Hee Hwang, Ralph W. de Vere White, Chong-xian Pan, Hongyong Zhang, Paul Henderson, Ai-Hong Ma, Maike Zimmermann, Fuli Wang
  • Patent number: 11287427
    Abstract: In spite of significant efforts to identify ?-cell-specific markers for ?-cell imaging and purification, progress has been limited. Herein is disclosed a novel biomarker of human pancreatic ?-cells, CD39L3 (also known as ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-3 (NTPDase3)). Disclosed are compositions and methods for purifying and imaging ?-cell using anti-CD39L3 antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: Alvin C. Powers, Marcela Brissova, Chunhua Dai, Neil Phillips, Diane Saunders
  • Patent number: 11236398
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method to detect sessile serrated adenomas/polyps (SSA/Ps) and to differentiate SSA/Ps from hyperplastic polyps (HPs). The method uses a molecular signature that is platform-independent and could be used with multiple platforms such as microarray, RNA-seq or real-time quantitative platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: BioVentures, LLC, The United States As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Galina Glazko, Curt H. Hagedorn, Yasir Rahmatallah
  • Patent number: 11040935
    Abstract: Described herein are compounds that disrupt the interaction between Fbxo48 and phosphorylated-AMPK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, The United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Beibei Chen, Rama K. Mallampalli, Yuan Liu
  • Patent number: 10849395
    Abstract: Several embodiments are provided of a device which is tunable for providing a walking aid user with passive haptic feedback. The haptic feedback is provided to the user when a predetermined, desired force in the device is reached. The force, often simply an axial force, in the device is inputted by the user, who is looking to support some of his or her body weight, thereby taking some weight off of one or both legs for some purpose. The amount of body weight support the user would input is often expressed in terms of percentage of the user's total body weight, and can therefore be predetermined and the device tuned accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: University of Washington, The United States as represented by the Department of Veteran Affairs
    Inventors: Patrick M. Aubin, Chris Richburg, Joseph Czerniecki, Evan Schuster
  • Patent number: 10835549
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds comprising (i) an active agent, wherein the active agent includes a charge at a predetermined pH, (ii) a polymer, wherein the polymer includes an opposite charge than the active agent at the predetermined pH; and (iii) a polyplex comprising the peptide and the polymer electrostatically bond together at the predetermined pH. In some embodiments, the active agent is a peptide, such as a peptide comprising MAPKAP kinase II inhibitory peptide, and in some embodiments the peptide includes a cell-penetrating peptide. In further embodiments, the disclosure provides methods for treating a disease or condition by administering a composition according to the present disclosure to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: Vanderbilt University, The United States as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Craig Duvall, Brian Connor Evans, Colleen Brophy, Kyle Hocking
  • Patent number: 10761001
    Abstract: A device for measuring a tension of a bio-object construct as it is being stretched that includes a microscope, a holding member for accommodating the bio-object, and a probe. The microscope includes a condenser, an objective and a stage positioned therebetween. The stage is movable along a horizontal plane. The holding member is fixable on the stage. The probe has a first end attached to the condenser, and a second end placed in the holding member. The stage operably moves such that the bio-object construct moves toward the second end of the probe and contacts with the second end of the probe, thereby causing a displacement of the second end of the probe and a displacement of the bio-object construct, which are used to measure the tension of the bio-object construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
    Inventors: John P. Wikswo, Philip C. Samson, Jeffrey M. Davidson, Stephen R. Koch, Veniamin Yu Sidorov
  • Publication number: 20200131583
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method to detect sessile serrated adenomas/polyps (SSA/Ps) and to differentiate SSA/Ps from hyperplastic polyps (HPs). The method uses a molecular signature that is platform-independent and could be used with multiple platforms such as microarray, RNA-seq or real-time quantitative platforms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: BioVentures, LLC, The United States As Represented By The Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Galina GLAZKO, Curt H. HAGEDORN, Yasir RAHMATALLAH
  • Patent number: 10507211
    Abstract: A method of treating demyelinating diseases involves administering a PAK1 inhibitor that is PF-3758309 to a subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignees: Vanderbilt University, The United States as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Inventors: Jun Li, Bo Hu