Patents by Inventor Catherine Spina

Catherine Spina 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: 20220177322
    Abstract: Oxidized metal complexes are formed using methods which adjust the pH of solutions to obtain oxidized metal complexes having particular physicochemical properties. A method for preparing an oxidized metal complex includes providing a first solution comprising a highly oxidized metal and having a pH between 0 to 7; providing a second solution comprising one or more ligands or a ligand precursor and having a pH between 7 to 13 or greater; and combining the first solution and the second solution to form a third solution comprising the first oxidized metal complex. A method for preparing an oxidized metal complex includes providing a species solution comprising a first oxidized metal complex and having a pH of at least pH 11; and adjusting the pH of the species solution to form a second oxidized metal complex. Compositions and methods for preparing and using same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: EXCITON PHARMA CORP.
    Inventors: Carla Jehan Catherine SPINA, Johanny Elizabeth Notarandrea ALFONZO
  • Publication number: 20210253804
    Abstract: Compositions include a hydrophobic continuous phase having a powdery oxidizing agent (e.g. silver oxynitrate) and a disperse hydrophilic phase comprising at least one hydrophilic substance (e.g. fumed silica) that maintain antimicrobial/anti-biofilm activities; and methods for preparing and using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: EXCITON PHARMA CORP.
    Inventors: Carla Jehan Catherine SPINA, Johanny Elizabeth Notarandrea ALFONZO
  • Publication number: 20200187497
    Abstract: Methods for the production of co-deposition products include an oxidized metal species attached to silica in the presence of oxidation means. Also provided are methods for the production of composite materials which include a substrate and the co-deposition product. Furthermore, methods for producing a multi-layered co-deposition product which include two or more layers of the co-deposition product are also described. Co-deposition products comprising an oxidized species of metal, such as oxidized silver or copper, attached to silica are also provided. In a preferred embodiment, the metal is silver, and the resulting co-deposition product provides anti-microbial, anti-fungal and/or anti-biofilm properties to materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: Exciton Pharma Corp.
    Inventor: Carla Jehan Catherine SPINA
  • Publication number: 20180216074
    Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to methods and devices that can be used to induce functional organ structures to form within an implantation device by implanting it in vivo within the body of a living animal, and allowing cells and tissues to impregnate the implantation device and establish normal microenvironmental architecture and tissue-tissue interfaces. Then the contained cells and tissues can be surgically removed intact and either transplanted into another animal or maintained ex vivo by perfusing it through one or more of the fluid channels with medium and/or gases necessary for cell survival.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicants: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE, CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald E. Ingber, Yusuke Torisawa, Geraldine Hamilton, Akiko Mammoto, Tadanori Mammoto, Catherine Spina
  • Patent number: 9951313
    Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to methods and devices that can be used to induce functional organ structures to form within an implantation device by implanting it in vivo within the body of a living animal, and allowing cells and tissues to impregnate the implantation device and establish normal microenvironmental architecture and tissue-tissue interfaces. Then the contained cells and tissues can be surgically removed intact and either transplanted into another animal or maintained ex vivo by perfusing it through one or more of the fluid channels with medium and/or gases necessary for cell survival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: President and Fellows of Harvard College, Children's Medical Center Corporation
    Inventors: Donald E. Ingber, Yusuke Torisawa, Geraldine Hamilton, Akiko Mammoto, Tadanori Mammoto, Catherine Spina
  • Publication number: 20150071904
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods comprising ROS target modulators that increase ROS flux and endogenus ROS production, thereby potentiating oxidative attack by antibiotics and biocides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: James J. Collins, Mark P. Brynildsen, Jonathan A. Winkler, Catherine Spina
  • Publication number: 20140186414
    Abstract: The technology described herein is directed to methods and devices that can be used to induce functional organ structures to form within an implantation device by implanting it in vivo within the body of a living animal, and allowing cells and tissues to impregnate the implantation device and establish normal microenvironmental architecture and tissue-tissue interfaces. Then the contained cells and tissues can be surgically removed intact and either transplanted into another animal or maintained ex vivo by perfusing it through one or more of the fluid channels with medium and/or gases necessary for cell survival.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Donald E. Ingber, Yusuke Torisawa, Geraldine Hamilton, Akiko Mammoto, Tadanori Mammoto, Catherine Spina