Patents Assigned to The United States of America represented by the Department of Vetran Affairs
  • Methods for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agents
    Patent number: 10824825
    Abstract: The invention provides method for organizing the disinfection of one or more items contaminated with biological agent(s) comprising (a) attaching a radio-frequency ID (RFID) tag to an item(s) to be disinfected; exposing the item(s) of (a) to a disinfecting means for a period sufficient to disinfect the item; and (c) obtaining a signal from the tagged item when disinfection is complete thereby organizing the disinfection of one or more items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Vetrans Affairs
    Inventor: Chetan Jinedatha
  • Pharmaceutical formulations comprising neurotrophin mimetics
    Patent number: 8916556
    Abstract: Methods and compounds for treating neurodegenerative and other disorders. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding specificity for a p75NTR receptor molecule. Enhanced survival of neural and other cells has been observed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Regents of The University of California, The United States of America represented by the Department of Vetran Affairs
    Inventors: Frank M. Longo, Stephen M. Massa
  • Methods and compositions for regenerating tissue
    Patent number: 7563459
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods for delivering cells to a target tissue in a mammal using glycoconjugate to traffic the cell to a desired organ in the mammal. The methods according to the present invention are especially applicable to administering stem cells such as those derived from the bone marrow or from umbilical cord tissue. The methods are also useful for targeting a gene of interest to a tissue in a mammal by introducing a cell containing the gene of interest and administering a glycoconjugate to the mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Vetrans Affairs
    Inventor: Catherine A. Phillips