Patents by Inventor ALEJANDRO HOBERMAN

ALEJANDRO HOBERMAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20200330441
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pediatric oral suspension composition containing amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium where the clavulanate potassium is present in an amount equal to or less than about 21.5 mg/5 mL, and a method of treating bacterial infections by providing between about one to about fourteen dosage days of the composition. Also disclosed are methods of treating a patient comprising administering amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium to the patient in dosages of at least about 80 mg/kg/day of the amoxicillin and from about 1.66 mg/kg/day to about 2.84 mg/kg/day of the clavulanate potassium. The methods are useful for treating pediatric otitis media, treating a drug resistant bacterial infection, or treating beta-lactamase producing Haemophilus influenzae or Moraxella catarrhalis in a patient under 24 months of age.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Alejandro Hoberman, Michael Spector
  • Patent number: 10182711
    Abstract: A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating, a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Alejandro Hoberman, Jelena Kovacevic, Nader Shaikh, Anupama Kuruvilla
  • Publication number: 20180235941
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pediatric oral suspension composition containing amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium where the clavulanate potassium is present in an amount equal to or less than about 21.5 mg/5 mL, and a method of treating bacterial infections by providing between about one to about fourteen dosage days of the composition. Also disclosed are methods of treating a patient comprising administering amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium to the patient in dosages of at least about 80 mg/kg/day of the amoxicillin and from about 1.66 mg/kg/day to about 2.84 mg/kg/day of the clavulanate potassium. The methods are useful for treating pediatric otitis media, treating a drug resistant bacterial infection, or treating beta-lactamase producing Haemophilus influenzae or Moraxella catarrhalis in a patient under 24 months of age.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Alejandro Hoberman
  • Patent number: 9987257
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pediatric oral suspension composition containing amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium where the clavulanate potassium is present in an amount equal to or less than about 21.5 mg/5 mL, and a method of treating bacterial infections by providing between about one to about fourteen dosage days of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Spector, Alejandro Hoberman
  • Publication number: 20170209078
    Abstract: A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating, a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: ALEJANDRO HOBERMAN, JELENA KOVACEVIC, NADER SHAIKH, ANUPAMA KURUVILLA
  • Patent number: 9636007
    Abstract: A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Alejandro Hoberman, Jelena Kovacevic, Nader Shaikh, Anupama Kuruvilla
  • Publication number: 20160339002
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a pediatric oral suspension composition containing amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium where the clavulanate potassium is present in an amount equal to or less than about 21.5 mg/5 mL, and a method of treating bacterial infections by providing between about one to about fourteen dosage days of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Michael Spector, Alejandro Hoberman
  • Publication number: 20150305609
    Abstract: A method of aiding the diagnosis of otitis media in a patient includes obtaining image data in a processor apparatus of a computing device, the image data being associated with at least one electronic image of a tympanic membrane of the patient, calculating a plurality of image features, each image feature being calculated based on at least a portion of the image data, classifying the at least one electronic image as a particular type of otitis media using the plurality of image features, and outputting an indication of the particular type of otitis media. Also, a system for implementing such a method that includes an output device and a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
    Inventors: ALEJANDRO HOBERMAN, JELENA KOVACEVIC, NADER SHAIKH, ANUPAMA KURUVILLA