Patents by Inventor Barbara W. Henderson

Barbara W. Henderson 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 for the enhancement of vascular permeability to aid in drug delivery to diseased tissues
    Publication number: 20040010218
    Abstract: A method for treating aberrant tissue in an animal that includes the following steps. A photosensitive agent is introduced into the blood stream of an animal that has better selectivity for the aberrant tissue than normal tissue to obtain aberrant tissue containing the photosensitizing agent. The aberrant tissue containing the photosensitizing agent is exposed to light to activate the photosensitizing agent to increase permeability of vasculature in the aberrant tissue; and a treating agent is introduced into the bloodstream of the animal, which treating agent passes through the vasculature having increased permeability into the aberrant tissue to treat the aberrant tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Barbara W. Henderson, Allan R. Oseroff, David A. Bellnier