Patents by Inventor Aharona Glatman-Freedman

Aharona Glatman-Freedman has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Monoclonal antibodies to mycobacterium tuberculosis and a modified ELISA assay
    Patent number: 6545130
    Abstract: The present invention provides for monoclonal antibodies, the hybridoma cell lines which produce these antibodies, and the use of such monoclonal antibodies in the detection of M. tuberculosis. More specifically, the present invention provides for monoclonal antibodies that react with surface epitopes of M. tuberculosis and the use of these monoclonal antibodies for detecting and diagnosing M. tuberculosis. Also provided by the present invention is a modified ELISA assay for detection of microorganisms, and a modified ELISA assay employing the monoclonal antibodies of the present invention for detecting M. tuberculosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
    Inventors: Aharona Glatman-Freedman, Arturo Casadevall
  • MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS AND A MODIFIED ELISA ASSAY
    Publication number: 20020034763
    Abstract: The present invention provides for monoclonal antibodies, the hybridoma cell lines which produce these antibodies, and the use of such monoclonal antibodies in the detection of M. tuberculosis. More specifically, the present invention provides for monoclonal antibodies that react with surface epitopes of M. tuberculosis and the use of these monoclonal antibodies for detecting and diagnosing M. tuberculosis. Also provided by the present invention is a modified ELISA assay for detection of microorganisms, and a modified ELISA assay employing the monoclonal antibodies of the present invention for detecting M. tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Publication date: March 21, 2002
    Applicant: AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN
    Inventors: AHARONA GLATMAN-FREEDMAN, ARTURO CASADEVALL
  • METHODS OF TREATING AND PROTECTING AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS USING A MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY SELECTIVE FOR MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS
    Publication number: 20010007660
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions comprising a monoclonal antibody that reacts with surface epitopes of M. tuberculosis, methods of treating tuberculosis by passively immunizing a subject using the antibody compositions, antigenic determinants for use as a vaccine to protect against M. tuberculosis infection, and a method of using the vaccine to prevent infections of M. tuberculosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 1997
    Publication date: July 12, 2001
    Inventors: AHARONA GLATMAN-FREEDMAN, ARTURO CASADEVALL