Patents by Inventor Andres M. DURANTINI

Andres M. DURANTINI 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).

  • Photodynamic therapy photosensitizers
    Patent number: 9969755
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) useful as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy is provided. There is also provided a photosensitizing composition for use in photodynamic therapy comprising this compound. Finally, there are provided a method of killing cells under oxidative stress conditions and a method for the selective delivery of singlet oxygen (1O2) to cells having an increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentration, these methods comprising the steps of contacting such cells with a compound of formula (I), and exposing the cells to light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING/MCGILL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Gonzalo Cosa, Andres M. Durantini, Lana E. Greene, Richard Lincoln
  • PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY PHOTOSENSITIZERS
    Publication number: 20170197993
    Abstract: A compound of formula (I) useful as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy is provided. There is also provided a photosensitizing composition for use in photodynamic therapy comprising this compound. Finally, there are provided a method of killing cells under oxidative stress conditions and a method for the selective delivery of singlet oxygen (1O2) to cells having an increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) concentration, these methods comprising the steps of contacting such cells with a compound of formula (I), and exposing the cells to light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gonzalo COSA, Andres M. DURANTINI, Lana E. GREENE, Richard LINCOLN