Patents Examined by Leah H Schlientz
  • Patent number: 11957767
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a compound targeting prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA), wherein the compound has the following structure shown in Formula (I); R1 is a compound structure targeting prostate specific membrane antigen; L1 is -(X)n-(CH2)m-(Y)q-, X and Y are independently selected from lysine, glutamic acid or a derivative structure containing lysine and glutamic acid, n is an integer from 0 to 12, m is an integer from 0 to 60, q is an integer from 0 to 12, and each CH2 may be individually substituted with —O—, —NH(CO)—, or —(CO)—NH—; L2 is -(CH2)p-, p is an integer from 0 to 30, and each CH2 may be individually substituted with —O—, —NH(CO)—, or —(CO)—NH—; and R2 is a nuclide chelating group. The present disclosure also provides a radiolabeled complex based on the structure of the compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: YANTAI LANNACHENG BIOTECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoyuan Chen, Pengfei Xu
  • Patent number: 11957314
    Abstract: A surgical visualization and medical imaging device and related computer based imaging methods and systems are disclosed. The surgical devices of the present invention use indocyanine green dye combined with a plastic, and are used in enhanced surgical imaging in applications such as robotically assisted surgeries. A near infrared light source, such as an 805 nm laser, may be used to excite the surgical device so that the device emits 835 nm light. Both the excitation and emission wavelengths penetrate tissue and blood, and provide enhanced imaging of surgical procedures. The resulting fluorescence image allows a user to readily determine relative tissue depth, to identify tissue inhomogeneity, to detect masses or tissue irregularities, to pinpoint anatomical holes, and to visualize tears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Paula Jaye Doyle, Jay Evan Reeder, Ronald Wesley Wood
  • Patent number: 11951188
    Abstract: The invention relates to ligands and complexes of metal ions with the ligands useful in various applications, including therapeutic and diagnostic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LUMIPHORE, INC.
    Inventors: David Tatum, Jide Xu, Darren Magda, Nathaniel Butlin
  • Patent number: 11925696
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods of carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitors. The present disclosure also relates to targeting conjugates of carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitors. The present disclosure also relates to the use of targeting conjugates of carbonic anhydrase IX inhibitors in SPECT imaging methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Philip S. Low, Pengcheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11896683
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radiolabelled material comprising a polymer, a radioactive isotope, and an immobilizing agent, wherein the immobilizing agent is capable of immobilizing the radioactive isotope on or in the polymer, and wherein the immobilizing agent is a macromolecule comprising a polycation with multiple pendant metal-chelating side-chains. The invention also relates to a process for making a radiolabelled material, to use of a radiolabelled material for the preparation of medicaments for treating cancer and/or for radiation imaging and to use of a radiolabelled material in the treatment of cancer. There is further described use of an immobilizing agent to immobilize a radioactive isotope on or in a polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ross Wentworth Stephens, Gregory David Tredwell, Karen Joanne Knox, Lee Andrew Philip, Rebecca Greenlees, Keira Beattie
  • Patent number: 11890357
    Abstract: Excessive deposition of extracellular matrix is a hallmark of Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), it is advantageous to target the cells and the mechanisms associated with this process. By targeting myofibroblasts (specialized contractile fibroblasts) that are key for the development of IPF with drugs conjugated with fibroblast activation protein (FAP), this technology helps minimize the production of extracellular matrix in the lungs and provides a new treatment option for patients diagnosed with IPF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Philip Stewart Low, Suraj U. Hettiarachchi, Yen-Hsing Li, Jyoti Roy
  • Patent number: 11866424
    Abstract: Provided herein are aggregation-induced emission luminogens useful as photodynamic therapy and imaging agents, compositions including two or more aggregation-induced emission luminogens, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of use and preparation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Benzhong Tang, Wenhan Xu, Dong Wang
  • Patent number: 11857647
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition of tetrofosmin or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. It also relates to a lyophilized non-radioactive kit which upon reconstitution with 99mTc-pertechnetate solution gives a stable 99mTc-tetrofosmin radiopharmaceutical composition. It also provides process for the preparation of said radiopharmaceutical compositions and their use in diagnostic imaging procedures. The compositions provide desirable technical attributes such as stability, high radiochemical purity (RCP) and desired bio-distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventors: Umamaheshwar M. Prasad, Harmik Sohi, Rahul Hasija, Dinesh Kumar, Kamal S. Mehta, Raj Vijaya Kuniyil Kulangara, Ashutosh Agarwal, Dharam Vir
  • Patent number: 11786468
    Abstract: The invention provides a (drug-containing) lipid nanoparticle with: (i) at least one phospholipid; (ii) at least one lysolipid; and (iii) at least one phospholipid comprising a hydrophilic polymer; and (iv) at least one structural lipid of formula (I) which has the following general structure: wherein R and R? are long hydrocarbyl hydrophobic chains, Y is a linker element, and PHG is a polar head group described as large according to its van der Waals radius, and which is different from the phospholipid (i). The lipid nanoparticle can release a drug (or API) from within the lipid nanoparticle as a result of focused ultrasound (FUS) applied continuously, at least twice, to a desired part of the body to induce hyperthermia (an increase in temperature). FUS is applied after the lipid nanoparticle containing the drug has been administered to the live subject, and causes controlled release of the drug at the desired site of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
    Inventors: Maria Thanou, Michael James Lee Wright, Miguel Centelles, Andrew David Miller, Wladyslaw Gedroyc
  • Patent number: 11786613
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are pharmacologically acceptable magnetic nanoparticles suitable for administration to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FERRONOVA PTY LTD
    Inventors: Stewart Gavin Bartlett, Melanie Ruth Maria Nelson, Benjamin Thierry, Aidan Cousins, Thi Hanh Nguyen Pham, Brian Stanley Hawkett
  • Patent number: 11771779
    Abstract: The present application provides a compound comprising at least one isotopically labeled nitrogen atom for use in diagnosing a condition or disease in a subject, compositions and kits comprising the compound and methods of using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HADASIT MEDICAL RESEARCH SERVICES & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Ayelet Gamliel, Talia Harris, Gal Sapir, Jacob Sosna, Moshe John Gomori, Rachel Katz-Brull
  • Patent number: 11752222
    Abstract: A method for preparing a suspension of “size-controlled” gas-filled microvesicles by microfluidic manufacturing techniques, which comprises using a gaseous flow comprising a first gas having high solubility in water and a second gas having low 5 solubility in water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Bracco Suisse SA
    Inventors: Tim Segers, Emmanuel Gaud, Gilles Casqueiro, Peter Frinking, Anne Lassus
  • Patent number: 11738095
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to cyanine-containing compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising cyanine-containing compounds; and methods of using cyanine-containing compounds for cancer cell imaging, cancer cell growth inhibition, and detecting cancer cells, for example. Compounds of the invention are preferentially taken up by cancer cells as compared to normal cells. This allows many uses in the cancer treatment, diagnosis, tracking and imaging fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Leland W. K. Chung, Lucjan Strekowski, Chunmeng Shi, Maged Henary, Gabor Patonay, James J. Krutak, Xiaojian Yang, Guodong Zhu, Ruoxiang Wang, Haiyen E. Zhau
  • Patent number: 11707539
    Abstract: The tumor stroma, which accounts for a large part of the tumor mass, represents an attractive target for the delivery of diagnostic and therapeutic compounds. Here, the focus is notably on a subpopulation of stromal cells, known as cancer-associated fibroblasts, which are present in more than 90% of epithelial carcinomas, including pancreatic, colon, and breast cancer. Cancer-associated fibroblasts feature high expression of FAP, which is not detectable in adult normal tissue but is associated with a poor prognosis in cancer patients. The present invention provides small-molecule radiopharmaceutical and imaging agents based on a FAP-specific inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Trustees of Tufts College
    Inventors: William W. Bachovchin, Hung-sen Lai, Wengen Wu
  • Patent number: 11701439
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds according to the general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of an inorganic or organic acid, a hydrate, a stereoisomer or a solvate thereof, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 being selected independently of one another from hydrogen and alkoxy. The compounds of formula (I) as ligands are suitable for the production of radioactively labelled 68Ga, 64Cu, 67Ga, 111In or 99mTc complexes. The invention further relates to a method for producing the compounds of formula (I) and the radioactively labelled complexes and to the use of the radioactively labelled complexes in imaging methods, such as PET/CT, in particular of the liver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: X-NUCLEAR DIAGNOSTICS GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Freesmeyer, Julia Greiser
  • Patent number: 11672875
    Abstract: Disclosed are capped nanoparticles that are effectively trapped within an aqueous gelling solution to produce stable gels and function as a contrast agent for vascular imaging. The contrast agent has good radioopacity, is inexpensive to produce, and is safe to handle. This provides a new method to image the fine vasculature of biological systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Saint Louis University
    Inventors: Sarah McBride-Gagyi, Steven W. Buckner, Paul Jelliss, Mohammad Salauddin Kader
  • Patent number: 11654202
    Abstract: An iodinated CT contrast agent made of fatty acid derivatives for non-invasive visualisation and quantification of the brown and/or beige adipose tissue (BAT) or for imaging the heart and/or liver of a subject, to be taken orally which is a breakthrough in CT imaging. Image resolution by CT is significantly enhanced compared to PET.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA
    Inventors: Laurent Vinet, Andrej Babic, Eric Allemann
  • Patent number: 11614451
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for detecting tau pathology are described. The compositions for detecting tau pathology comprise a targeting ligand that specifically binds to a cell surface marker of tau pathology, wherein the targeting ligand is linked to a liposome that includes an imaging agent. The compositions can be used in a method for imaging tau pathology in a subject that comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of the composition to a subject and imaging at least a portion of the subject to determine if that portion of the subject exhibits tau pathology. The compositions can also be used to detect tau pathology in biological samples obtained from a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Alzeca Biosciences, LLC, Texas Children's Hospital
    Inventors: Ananth Annapragada, Qingshan Mu, Carlo Medici
  • Patent number: 11592396
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for imaging tumor resections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lumicell, Inc.
    Inventors: W. David Lee, Moungi G. Bawendi, Jorge Ferrer
  • Patent number: 11590225
    Abstract: Provided herein are nanoparticle compositions (e.g., nanoparticle compositions comprising high atomic number ions) that are useful for imaging diseases in a subject as well as radiosensitizing a disease in a subject (e.g., radiosensitizing a cancer in the subject). Methods of imaging a subject, methods of treating cancer, and processes of preparing the nanoparticle compositions are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., NH TherAguix, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Ross Berbeco, Eloise Thomas, Francois Lux, Olivier Tillement, Alexandre Detappe, Geraldine Le Duc