Patents by Inventor Caroline De Gracia Lux

Caroline De Gracia Lux 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).

  • Publication number: 20240058470
    Abstract: Spermine-decorated microbubbles and methods of making the same as well as methods for using spermine-decorated microbubbles for drug delivery are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: JACQUES LUX, SINA KHORSANDI, CAROLINE DE GRACIA LUX, ROBERT F. MATTREY
  • Patent number: 11763451
    Abstract: The disclosure describes imaging and therapy techniques comprising nanodroplets. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to the use of nanodroplets to modify nanobubbles or microbubbles to provide improved imaging and/or therapeutic techniques and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Robert F. Mattrey, Caroline De Gracia Lux, Jacques Lux, Zhenghong Gao, Carlos J. Brambila
  • Publication number: 20230039515
    Abstract: Stable perfluorocarbon nanodroplet compositions with properties such as low-boiling points and small particle diameters are provided for improved performance in ultrasound imaging and therapeutic applications. Methods of producing stabilized nanodroplet compositions and methods of using the compositions are further provided to allow for improved performance in ultrasound imaging techniques and/or therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Caroline de Gracia Lux, Jacques Lux, Alexander M. Vezeridis, Robert F. Mattrey
  • Publication number: 20230005134
    Abstract: The disclosure describes imaging and therapy techniques comprising nanodroplets. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to the use of nanodroplets to modify nanobubbles or microbubbles to provide improved imaging and/or therapeutic techniques and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Robert F. MATTREY, Caroline DE GRACIA LUX, Jacques LUX, Zhenghong GAO, Carlos J. BRAMBILA
  • Patent number: 11406722
    Abstract: Stable perfluorocarbon nanodroplet compositions with properties such as low-boiling points and small particle diameters are provided for improved performance in ultrasound imaging and therapeutic applications. Methods of producing stabilized nanodroplet compositions and methods of using the compositions are further provided to allow for improved performance in ultrasound imaging techniques and/or therapeutic applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Caroline de Gracia Lux, Jacques Lux, Alexander M. Vezeridis, Robert F. Mattrey
  • Patent number: 11334993
    Abstract: The disclosure describes imaging and therapy techniques comprising nanodroplets. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to the use of nanodroplets to modify nanobubbles or microbubbles to provide improved imaging and/or therapeutic techniques and compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Robert F. Mattrey, Caroline De Gracia Lux, Jacques Lux, Zhenghong Gao, Carlos J. Brambila
  • Publication number: 20200320689
    Abstract: The disclosure describes imaging and therapy techniques comprising nanodroplets. More particularly, aspects of the disclosure relate to the use of nanodroplets to modify nanobubbles or microbubbles to provide improved imaging and/or therapeutic techniques and compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Robert F. MATTREY, Caroline DE GRACIA LUX, Jacques LUX, Zhenghong GAO, Carlos J. BRAMBILA
  • Publication number: 20180272012
    Abstract: Stable perfluorocarbon nanodroplet compositions with properties such as low-boiling points and small particle diameters are provided for improved performance in ultrasound imaging and therapeutic applications. Methods of producing stabilized nanodroplet compositions and methods of using the compositions are further provided to allow for improved performance in ultrasound imaging techniques and/or therapeutic applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Caroline de Gracia Lux, Jacques Lux, Alexander M. Vezeridis, Robert F. Mattrey
  • Patent number: 9333264
    Abstract: Disclosed are compositions and synthesis methods that pertain to biocompatible polymeric capsules capable of undergoing backbone degradation and cargo release upon exposure to biologically relevant concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (50-100 ?M of H2O2). In the invention, bio-responsive polyester bearing boronic ester triggers groups that degrade upon exposure to low concentrations of H2O2. The degradation is induced by transformation of a boronic ester to a phenol, which undergoes a quinone methide rearrangement to break down the polyester backbone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Adah Almutairi, Caroline De Gracia Lux