Patents by Inventor Azza Almahrouki

Azza Almahrouki 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING ULTRASOUND-STIMULATED MICROBUBBLE EXPOSURES TO INDUCE CERAMIDE ACCUMULATION IN ENDOTHELIAL AND TUMOR CELLS
    Publication number: 20150196638
    Abstract: A system and method for using ultrasound and a microbubble agent to induce ceramide accumulation in a target region including a population of cells associated with a tumor. An ultrasound system is directed to expose a target region in a patient, to which a microbubble agent has been provided, to an ultrasound exposure sufficient to alter gene expressions in cells in the target region so as to induce an accumulation of ceramide in the cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory J. Czarnota, Azza Almahrouki, Raffi Karshafian, William Tyler Tran, Peter Nicholas Burns, Christina Kim, Anoja Giles, Emily Wong