Abstract: The present invention relates to, inter alia, an anti-microtubule agent for use in a method of treating a subject having a latent virus, the method comprising: administering the anti-microtubule agent and an anti-viral agent to the subject.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 9, 2011
Publication date:
October 3, 2013
Applicant:
ULC BUSINESS PLC
Inventors:
Edward Hiu Fung Tsao, Paul Kellam, Richard Gareth Jenner
Abstract: This invention relates to methods for preparing biomaterials by applying multiple cycles of tensile loading to compacted collagen gels in order to fuse the collagen fibrils together within the compacted gels. This produces a biomaterial with improved material properties. Biomaterials produced by such methods may be useful, for example, as tissue equivalent implants, in the repair and/or replacement of damaged tissue in an individual.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 24, 2006
Date of Patent:
January 1, 2013
Assignee:
ULC Business PLC
Inventors:
Umber Cheema, Cher-Bing Chuo, Robert Brown
Abstract: A heart valve prosthesis comprising: a support structure comprising a framework deformable between an expanded state and a compressed state and vice versa; and a flow-control structure, supported by the support structure, for permitting blood flow in a first direction, and for restricting blood flow in a direction opposite to the first direction. At least one end of the support structure comprises a plurality of apexes of the framework. The support structure is collapsible into the compressed state by pulling on the apexes, to enable it to be drawn into a sheath having an inner radial dimension smaller than the radial dimension of the support structure in the expanded state.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 30, 2010
Publication date:
June 28, 2012
Applicant:
ULC BUSINESS PLC
Inventors:
Alexander M. Seifalian, Constantinos Zervides, Gaetano Burriesci