Patents Examined by Michael G. Hartley
  • Patent number: 11931430
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals and their use in nuclear medicine as tracers, imaging agents and for the treatment of various disease states of prostate cancer. Thus, the present invention concerns compounds that are represented by the general Formulae (Ia) or (Ib).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NOVARTIS AG
    Inventors: Matthias Eder, Klaus Kopka, Martin Schäfer, Ulrike Bauder-Wüst, Michael Eisenhut, Walter Mier, Martina Benesova
  • 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: 11918662
    Abstract: Provided herein are certain compounds and imaging agents useful for detecting a disease or condition associated with protein aggregation, compositions thereof, and methods of their use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHDI Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Longbin Liu, Matthew Lee, Celia Dominguez, Peter David Johnson, Catherine Jane Greenaway, Kanika Khurana, Matthew Robert Mills, Filippo Rota
  • Patent number: 11912780
    Abstract: This invention provides a method for depleting a subject's hematopoietic stem cells comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a radiolabeled anti-CD45 antibody, such as 131I-BC8 or 225Ac-BC8. This invention also provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with a non-cancerous disorder treatable via genetically edited cell therapy comprising (i) administering to the subject an amount of a radiolabeled anti-CD45 antibody effective to deplete the subject's hematopoietic stem cells, and (ii) after a suitable time period, performing the therapy on the subject to treat the subject's disorder. Finally, this invention provides articles of manufacture for performing the subject methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ACTINIUM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Berger, Keisha Thomas, Sandesh Seth, Dale Lincoln Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11913946
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a bimetal-conductive polymer Janus composite nanostructure having electrical stimulation responsiveness, a colloidal self-assembled structure thereof, a preparation method thereof and biosensing, bioimaging, drug delivery and industrial application using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus
    Inventors: Dong Woo Lim, Eun Young Hwang
  • Patent number: 11904025
    Abstract: Described herein are cyclophanes, compositions, and methods for live cell imaging. The cyclophanes comprise an ordered, cyclic arrangement of a chromophore, a first linker unit, a molecular strut, and a second linker unit. The compositions are capable of being taking up by cells and resist photobleaching under live-cell imaging conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Northwestern University, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST)
    Inventors: Indranil Roy, James Fraser Stoddart
  • Patent number: 11904027
    Abstract: The present invention relates to radionuclide complex solutions of high concentration and of high chemical stability, that allows their use as drug product for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. The stability of the drug product is achieved by at least one stabilizer against radiolytic degradation. The use of two stabilizers introduced during the manufacturing process at different stages was found to be of particular advantage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Advanced Accelerator Applications
    Inventors: Francesco de Palo, Lorenza Fugazza, Donato Barbato, Maurizio Mariani, Daniela Chicco, Giovanni Tesoriere, Clementina Brambati
  • Patent number: 11896681
    Abstract: The present invention provides hydrophilic bilirubin derivative particles containing a metal, a use thereof, and a preparation method therefor. The bilirubin derivative particles of the present invention form coordinate bonds with various metals, and thus can be used in MR diagnosis, CT diagnosis, photo-acoustic diagnosis, PET diagnosis, or optical diagnosis. The bilirubin derivative particles of the present invention can release an anticancer drug encapsulated therein to the outside by the combination with a platinum-based anticancer drug and the degradation by a stimulation of light/reactive oxygen species, and exhibit anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities, and thus the bilirubin derivative particles of the present invention have a concept of theranostics in which the bilirubin derivative particles can be for therapeutic uses as well as diagnostic uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: BILIX CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Yong Jon, Dong Yun Lee, Yong Hyun Lee, Do Hyun Yoo, Won Sik Jung
  • 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: 11890356
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds useful for binding to one or more histone deacetylase enzymes (HDACs). The present application further provides radiolabeled compounds useful as a radiotracer for position emission tomography imaging of HDAC. Methods for prepared unlabeled and labeled compounds, diagnostic methods, and methods of treating diseases associated HDAC are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob Hooker, Changning Wang, Martin Georg Strebl-Bantillo, Johanna Kaarina Rokka
  • 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: 11884542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanently polarized hydroxyapatite and a composition or material comprising thereof. The present invention further relates to a process for obtaining a permanently polarized hydroxyapatite and to different uses of the permanently polarized hydroxyapatite or the composition or material comprising thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: B. BRAUN SURGICAL, S.A., UNIVERSITAT POLITÉCNICA DE CATALUNYA
    Inventors: Pau Turon Dols, Luis Javier Del Valle Mendoza, Jordi Puiggalí Bellalta, Carlos Enrique Alemán Llansó
  • Patent number: 11884686
    Abstract: The invention provides compounds suitable for use as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The compounds of the present invention are manganese (II) complexes having advantageous properties as compared with similar known compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: GE HEALTHCARE AS
    Inventors: Andreas Richard Meijer, Mikkel Jacob Thaning, Brian Christopher Bales, Michael James Rishel
  • Patent number: 11872291
    Abstract: The present teachings relate generally to conjugates and methods for imaging a tumor microenvironment in a patient, and to conjugates and methods for imaging cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in the tumor microenvironment of a patient. The present teachings relate generally to method of making conjugates comprising a fibroblast activation protein (FAP) inhibitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Philip Stewart Low, Jyoti Roy
  • Patent number: 11865196
    Abstract: An engineered radioactive polymeric microsphere, and a preparation and application thereof. The preparation method includes: adding a styrene monomer and a disperser and/or a crosslinker into a medium, followed by feeding of nitrogen or helium and stirring to obtain a first reaction mixture; heating the first reaction mixture, and adding an initiator, followed by reaction under stirring at a constant temperature to obtain a second reaction mixture; subjecting the second reaction mixture to washing with ethanol and water, and vacuum drying to obtain a crude polymeric microsphere; subjecting the crude polymeric microsphere to radiation-induced graft polymerization with a functional monomer to obtain the functionalized polymeric microsphere; and exposing the functionalized polymeric microsphere to a radionuclide to prepare the engineered radioactive polymeric microsphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Xiamen University, Shanghai University
    Inventors: Gang Liu, Xiao Xu, Hongjuan Ma, Zhenwen Zhao, Hu Chen, Pan He, Chao Liu, Chengchao Chu, Dong Li
  • 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: 11865209
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for preventing nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NLDO) in a patient receiving high dose radioactive iodine for treatment of cancer. The method includes administering an effective amount of perchlorate anion to the eyes of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: KEM PATENT HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Eli Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 11857645
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for visualizing tissue under illumination with fusion compounds of near-infrared radiation using near IR, closed chain, sulfo-cyanine dyes and prostate specific membrane antigen ligands are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan M. Sorger
  • Patent number: 11857644
    Abstract: A multi-signal fluorescent probe, represented by: A method for preparing the multi-signal fluorescent probe includes: (a) adding 2-methoxyphenothiazine and ethyl iodide into a mixture of dichloromethane (DCM) and acetonitrile followed by a first reaction and a first post-treatment to obtain 10-ethyl-2-methoxy-10H-phenothiazine; (b) adding boron tribromide into the 10-ethyl-2-methoxy-10H-phenothiazine under an inert gas followed by a second reaction under an ice bath and a second post-treatment to obtain 10-ethyl-10H-phenothiazin-2-ol; and (c) mixing the 10-ethyl-10H-phenothiazin-2-ol, malonic acid, zinc chloride and phosphorus oxychloride followed by a third reaction and a third post-treatment to obtain the multi-signal fluorescent probe. A use of the multi-signal fluorescent probe in the detection of intracellular ONOO? and Na2S2 is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hunan Cancer Hospital, Hunan Normal University
    Inventors: Huijun Zhou, Zhenyang Liu, Pan Chen, Xiaming Zhang, Peng Yin, Ting Li
  • 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