Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Hunter

Daniel J. Hunter 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).

  • Compositions and methods for delivering lypophilic agents to dental pulp and for enhancing dentin production
    Patent number: 10512668
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing dentin production, and for delivering a lipophilic agent to pulp tissue of a tooth of an individual. In some cases, a subject method includes a step of administering to the pulp of a tooth of an individual, a Wnt stimulating composition that includes a Wnt stimulator agent, at a dose sufficient to enhance the production of dentin by the pulp. In some cases, a subject method includes a step of contacting exposed dentin of a tooth with a composition that includes a lipophilic agent inserted in the non-aqueous phase of a lipid structure (e.g., whereby the lipophilic agent penetrates the dentin to the underlying pulp tissue). Kits are also provided for practicing the methods of the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Jill Helms, Daniel J. Hunter
  • COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING LYPOPHILIC AGENTS TO DENTAL PULP AND FOR ENHANCING DENTIN PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20180000893
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for enhancing dentin production, and for delivering a lipophilic agent to pulp tissue of a tooth of an individual. In some cases, a subject method includes a step of administering to the pulp of a tooth of an individual, a Wnt stimulating composition that includes a Wnt stimulator agent, at a dose sufficient to enhance the production of dentin by the pulp. In some cases, a subject method includes a step of contacting exposed dentin of a tooth with a composition that includes a lipophilic agent inserted in the non-aqueous phase of a lipid structure (e.g., whereby the lipophilic agent penetrates the dentin to the underlying pulp tissue). Kits are also provided for practicing the methods of the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jill Helms, Daniel J. Hunter