Patents by Inventor Amisha Wallia

Amisha Wallia 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).

  • Vitamin D as an immune modulator to prevent immune-related complication from COVID-19 infection
    Patent number: 11903952
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful in reducing inflammation, reducing inflammatory exudates, enhancing epithelial tissue generation or regeneration, and/or reducing mean pulmonary artery pressure in the lungs of a subject in need thereof. In particular, the compositions comprise vitamin D, an analog, or metabolite thereof, and the methods include administering the composition to a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the subject is suffering from an infection, such as a viral infection, which affects the lungs. In some embodiments, the viral infection comprises SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Northwestern University, Case Western Reserve University, The Regents of the University of Colorado
    Inventors: Kurt Q. Lu, Livia A. Veress, Kevin D. Cooper, Amisha Wallia
  • VITAMIN D AS AN IMMUNE MODULATOR TO PREVENT IMMUNE-RELATED COMPLICATION FROM COVID-19 INFECTION
    Publication number: 20210369741
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful in reducing inflammation, reducing inflammatory exudates, enhancing epithelial tissue generation or regeneration, and/or reducing mean pulmonary artery pressure in the lungs of a subject in need thereof. In particular, the compositions comprise vitamin D, an analog, or metabolite thereof, and the methods include administering the composition to a subject in need thereof. In some embodiments, the subject is suffering from an infection, such as a viral infection, which affects the lungs. In some embodiments, the viral infection comprises SARS-CoV-2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Kurt Q. Lu, Livia A. Veress, Kevin D. Cooper, Amisha Wallia