Patents by Inventor Brian CONLON

Brian CONLON 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).

  • POTENTIATION OF ANTIBIOTIC EFFECT
    Publication number: 20230381212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, kits and methods using combinations of surfactants or cell wall-hydrolyzing enzymes with antibiotics to potentiate the antibiotic effect against bacterial infections. In some embodiments, the surfactant is a pore-forming biosurfactant such as rhamnolipids and the antibiotic is an aminoglycoside antibiotic such as tobramycin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Conlon, Sarah Conlon, Lauren Radlinski
  • POTENTIATION OF ANTIBIOTIC EFFECT
    Publication number: 20210023101
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions, kits and methods using combinations of surfactants or cell wall-hydrolyzing enzymes with antibiotics to potentiate the antibiotic effect against bacterial infections. In some embodiments, the surfactant is a pore-forming biosurfactant such as rhamnolipids and the antibiotic is an aminoglycoside antibiotic such as tobramycin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Brian CONLON, Sarah CONLON, Lauren RADLINSKI
  • METHODS OF ERADICATING BACTERIAL CELL POPULATIONS
    Publication number: 20140031275
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for the eradication of bacterial infections. In particular, methods and compositions are disclosed for the eradication of persister and slow growing bacterial cell populations. In particular embodiments, the methods and compositions disclosed herein are useful for eradication of biofilms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kim LEWIS, Brian CONLON, Mark L. NELSON, Michael P. POLLASTRI, Thomas A. DAHL